GAZA, Palestine, July 31 (NNN-MA’AN) – Palestinian sources on Tuesday said that, Israeli forces destroyed Palestinian tents, and herders’ barracks belonging to Palestinians, in Ras al-Ahmar community, in the Jordan Valley, early morning.
Sources said, this is the second demolition by Israeli forces in the area, since last June, explaining that, an Israeli bulldozer, accompanied by army troop, tore down three residential tents and several barracks, leaving 17 individuals displaced.
Palestinian Authority’s Wall and Colonisation Resistance commission officer, Mutaz Besharat, said that, Israeli forces prohibited the access of relief aid to the victims.
He added that, on June 12, Israeli bulldozers tore down five herding barracks, a residential tent and 25 water barrels, belonging to Palestinian families in the area.
According to official data, the Jordan Valley, to the east of the West Bank bordering Jordan, is home to about 65,000 Palestinians, and the area is approximately 30 percent of the West Bank.
Israel repeatedly said, it will not give up control over the strategic area of the Jordan Valley, while Palestinians believe it should be part of their future state.– NNN-MA’AN