On Sunday morning, the Israeli occupation forces demolished Tahadi 5 Elementary School in "Jeeb Al-Dhib" area in Beit Ta'mar, east of Bethlehem.

Local sources said that a force of the occupation army, accompanied by military vehicles, stormed Beit Tamar and besieged Tahadi 5 School, and completely closed the area and prevented citizens from accessing it before demolishing the school and seizing its contents.

It is noteworthy that the school includes about 60 students from the first to the fourth grade, and it was demolished in 2017 before it was rebuilt in the same year.

The Central Occupation Court issued a decision to demolish the school last March, after it rejected a petition submitted by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission and the "St. Yves" human rights organization, to stop the demolition of the school.

The school is located on an area of 8 dunums, donated by members of the Al-Zawahra clan, with identity papers registered in the "Tabu", and was built of bricks and tin.

Clashes took place between the residents and the occupation forces in the vicinity of the school, during which live bullets, stun grenades and toxic gas were fired, as a result of which a number of them suffocated.