Israeli forces demolish house, build settler-only road near Bethlehem

Israeli occupation forces Wednesday demolished an inhabited house and built a colonial road south of Bethlehem. The head of the Al-Khader Municipal Council, Ibrahim Musa, told WAFA correspondent that the occupation forces began demolishing an inhabited house in the Umm Rukba area, south of the town of Al-Khader, consisting of two floors, each are 150 square metres, owned by local resident Musa Mahmoud Abdel Salam Salah, under the pretext that it was built without a permit. He added that these forces built a colonial road all the way from a colonial outpost which was set up on citizens' lands to the Umm Rukba area, which has been subjected to a massive incursion since this morning. He pointed out that the occupation forces, with military reinforcements, stormed the area this morning, declared it closed, and deployed at its entrances and between the houses. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA