LONDON: Israeli forces on Thursday demolished a home in the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, which is the administrative seat of the Palestinian Authority, according to the Wafa news agency.
Amin Abu Aliya, the head of Al-Mughayyir, reported that Israeli forces stormed and demolished a two-story house under construction in the southern part of the village, citing building without a permit as the reason.
The house belonged to Wajih Musa Abu Aliya.
Al-Mughayyir, a village with about 4,000 residents, in August suffered the destruction of about 3,000 olive trees by the Israeli military under the pretext that the trees posed a “security threat” to an Israeli settlement road that runs through the village’s territory.
The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians and provides a vital source of income for 80,000 to 100,000 families who rely on harvesting and selling olives, olive oil, and other products derived from it.
The Israeli settlement of Adei Ad, established in 1998, encroaches on the agricultural groves of Al-Mughayyir as well as land belonging to the Palestinian villages of Jalud and Turmus’ayya.
