Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation authorities notified the demolition of 45 homes in the village of Al-Nu'man, east of Bethlehem.

The head of the Al-Nu'man village council, Jamal Al-Dar'awi, told the "Wafa" agency that the occupation forces, accompanied by employees from the occupation municipality in Jerusalem, stormed the village and posted notices on the facades of 45 inhabited houses, including their demolition under the pretext of lacking a license, noting that they were built before 1948, and the last house was built in 1993.

Al-Darawi added that the occupation policy aims to displace the village’s residents and annex it to the borders of the occupation municipality in Jerusalem, pointing out that a year and a half ago, the occupation military court decided to impose the “Arnona” property tax on all the houses in the village, which had been notified of demolition 6 times previously, while between 30-60 thousand shekels were paid for each house.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation authorities issued 903 demolition notices against Palestinian facilities last year under the pretext of lack of permits, distributed in the Hebron governorate with 180 notices, the Jericho and Jordan Valley governorate with 140 notices, and then the Bethlehem governorate with 126 notices, during which 20 notices were issued targeting the eastern Bethlehem wilderness.

She noted that the occupation authorities carried out a total of 684 demolition operations during the year 2024, during which 903 facilities were demolished in the West Bank, including the city of Jerusalem, and 4,332 people were affected as a result, including 2,320 children.

The demolitions were concentrated in the Jerusalem governorates with 190 demolitions, then the Hebron governorate with 172 demolitions, and the Bethlehem governorate with 68 demolitions.