Israeli forces order demolition, stop of construction of three homes in Hebron-district

HEBRON: Israeli forces today ordered the demolition and stop of construction of three Palestinian-owned houses and a water well in the village of Berin, east of Hebron. The head of the Birin Village Council, Farid Burqan, said that occupation forces raided the said village and handed over notices to stop work and construction in three inhabited houses. The forces also handed another resident an order to halt the construction of a water well. Earlier today, the occupation forces stormed Khirbet Khallet al-Farran, which forms a part of the village, and tore down a 200-square-meter house belonging to Hamzeh Zein, rendering Zein and his family homeless. The occupation forces, Burqan added, also destroyed a water well, retaining walls and a fence, and razed a 1.5-dunum plot of land planted with fruit trees. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA