Palestinian Public Property Demolished Near Qalandia checkpoint
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Occupation forces demolished commercial facilities and a fuel station near the Qalandia military checkpoint north of Al-Quds.
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Eyewitnesses told Palestinian agencies that the occupation forces began demolishing about 30 facilities after closing the area.
Settlers painted anti-Palestinian graffiti and damaged public property in Marda village in the West Bank.
Local media reported that settlers wrote slogans for the so-called “price tag” groups on vehicles and the walls of buildings in the village.
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On Wednesday night, the Israeli occupation forces began demolishing commercial facilities and a fuel station near the Qalandiya military checkpoint north of Al-Quds.
Eyewitnesses told Palestinian agencies that the occupation forces began demolishing about 30 facilities after closing the area, including a vegetable store belonging to the Jaber family, a gas station, and a car wash, which caused a traffic jam.
It is noteworthy that the occupation approved yesterday a settlement plan to separate Al-Quds from Bethlehem.
The Governor of Al-Quds, Adnan Ghaith, said that this settlement plan aims to cut the geographical contiguity between the governorates of Al-Quds and Bethlehem and tighten control over Al-Quds, isolating it from its surroundings.
The acts of demolition coincided with the occupation’s announcement of expansion at the Qalandia Checkpoint, and the opening of a tunnel linking Streets 60 and 443 with a tunnel that the occupation has begun to dig.
In the same context, a Palestinian youth was injured by rubber bullets and another fractured his foot, Wednesday evening, at Bab al-Amud in Al-Quds, following clashes that erupted between young men and Israeli soldiers in al-Amud Square.
The local sources reported that the occupation forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at residents in the vicinity of Bab al-Amud.
The events near Bab al-Amud coincide with continuous repression by the occupation forces for a week against citizens of Al-Quds in al-Bab Square.
This comes within the framework of the systematic Judaization of the square, which includes facilitating the movement of settlers and allowing Jewish celebrations there.
