Staff from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem protected by Israeli soldiers today demolished a wall and a room in the village of al-Walaja, north of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, claiming they were built without a permit, according to Hasan Breijieh, from the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission.
He told WAFA that soldiers sealed off a section of the village before the municipality bulldozer proceeded to demolish the wall and room.
Parts of al-Walaja village were annexed by the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem and since then its Palestinian residents have been facing daily measures including house demolition and displacement, as well dozens of demolition orders for existing houses in an effort to empty the land of its Palestinian citizens and prepare it for the illegal settlement expansion.
Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency