Israeli authorities have razed a Palestinian mosque and other structures in the occupied West Bank, as the regime’s land grab policy in the occupied Palestinian territories continues unabated.
Faraan: Israeli bulldozers, escorted by troops, demolished the mosque early Thursday after raiding the town of Duma south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Palestine’s official Wafa news agency reported.
Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told Wafa that the mosque located east of the town had been attended by worshipers for the past two years.
He added that Israeli regime forces also razed agricultural roads in the southern part of Duma.
In a statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs lambasted the mosque demolition as a clear act of aggression against Muslims’ holy sites and an act of provocation against Muslim sentiments, the report added.
According to a report by the Palestinian Information Center, Duma’s town council made efforts to halt the demolition measures through legal channels, but all to no avail.
Last month, Israeli authorities razed parts of the al-Yusufiya Cemetery to pave the way for building a biblical national park on the site of the graveyard, which was located outside the al-Asbat Gate of al-Quds’s Old City.
The regime also sometimes orders Palestinian owners to demolish their own houses or pay the demolition costs instead.
