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<h1 class="reader-title">29 Structures Demolished in Past Two
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December 27, 2019</div>
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<p dir="LTR">During the period between December 10 and 23,
Israeli occupation authorities demolished or forced
people to demolish 29 structures in the occupied West
Bank and East Jerusalem, displacing 45 people and
affecting over 100 others, the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs stated.</p>
<p dir="LTR">Twelve of the structures targeted, including
five previously provided as humanitarian assistance,
were in three herding communities located in areas
designated as firing zones for military training, in the
Tubas, Nablus and Jericho governorates.</p>
<p dir="LTR">OCHA said, in its biweekly report, that so
far in 2019, 617 structures have been demolished or
seized in the West Bank, displacing 898 Palestinians;
these figures represent a 35 and 92 per cent increase,
respectively, compared with the equivalent period in
2018. Over 20 per cent of all structures targeted in
2019, and some 40 per cent of all donor-funded aid
structures, were located in firing zones, which cover
about 30 per cent of Area C.</p>
<p dir="LTR">During one of the demolitions, in a firing
zone east of Nablus, Israeli forces uprooted or cut
approximately 2,500 forest trees and saplings. The trees
were part of a recreational area serving some 14,000
residents in the nearby town of Beit Furik and the
Khirbet Tana herding community. It was developed with
the support of the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture
and an international organization. This is the third
such recreational area in Area C to be destroyed in
2019.</p>
<p dir="LTR">During the same period, Israeli forces opened
fire on at least 15 other occasions, in areas adjacent
to the Gaza perimeter fence, while enforcing access
restrictions; no injuries were reported. Israeli forces
carried out one incursion and land-leveling operation
near the fence. Four Palestinians, including three
children, were taken into custody near the perimeter
fence between Gaza and Israel, in two separate
incidents.</p>
<p dir="LTR">Israeli forces carried out a total of 154
search and arrest operations across the West Bank and
detained 146 Palestinians, including at least 17
children. The largest number of operations was in the
Jerusalem governorate (41), mainly in al-Eesawiyya
neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, followed by Ramallah
(34) and Hebron (27) governorates.</p>
<p dir="LTR">WAFA reports that, on 10 December, some 80
Palestinian farmers from three villages in the Salfit
governorate lost access to their land behind the West
Bank Barrier after the Israeli authorities confiscated
their entry permits. The incident took place at the
Barrier gate leading to the farmers’ land; according to
the latter, no reason was given to them. On 5 December,
farmers from these three villages petitioned the Israeli
Supreme Court against the routine failure of the
authorities to open the gate at the scheduled time.</p>
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