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Israel destroys two more Palestinian homes in West Bank

Thursday, 03 December 2015 9:31 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 08 December 2015 11:16 AM ]

Israeli forces demolish a home of a Palestinian man on December 2, 2015 in East al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Israeli forces have razed a home of a Palestinian man in the West Bank after demolishing another Palestinian house in the region in their latest string of violence in the occupied territories.

The Israeli army said on Thursday that troops knocked down Rajeb Aliua’s home in Nablus for allegedly masterminding the killing of an Israeli settler couple on October 1.

Palestinian police said Israeli forces entered the city at about 2:00 a.m. and blew up the second-floor apartment.

Israeli troops have demolished several Palestinian houses on similar accusations over the past few months. Human rights groups say the demolitions are an act of collective punishment.

Onlookers gather near a house demolished by Israeli troops in Qalandia near Ramallah on November 16, 2015. (AFP photo)

On Wednesday, Israeli regime forces tore down the home of another Palestinian man who killed two officers last year.

The home in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) belonged to Ibrahim al-Akari who was shot after driving his van into a group of police officers.

Tensions have dramatically escalated since the Israeli regime’s imposition of restrictions in August on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds.

Palestinians are angry at increasing raids on al-Aqsa Mosque and attacks on their property by Israeli extremists. They believe the attacks are orchestrated, aimed at changing the demographic status of the third holiest site in Islam.

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