Israeli forces have demolished a Palestinian home in a village in the occupied northern West Bank city of Jenin, displacing its residents. Palestinian media reported that Israeli troops stormed at-Tayba village on Monday morning, encircling the house before starting to tear it down.
They claimed that the house had been constructed without a license, which is almost impossible to obtain.
Palestinian home owner Ahmed Jabareen fell unconscious as he watched his home being demolished, according to eyewitnesses.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces have delivered stop-work orders against three inhabited houses in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
They claimed that the residential structures have been built without the relevant building permits.
The homes in al-Khader town, located 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) west of Bethlehem, belong to three citizens from the family of Mousa, and one of them had been razed five times before.
They also sometimes order the Palestinian owners to demolish their own homes or pay the demolition costs to the municipality.
The demolitions of Palestinian homes come at the same time that Israel continues to expand settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
More than 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Israeli settlements in the West Bank are considered illegal under international law and are a major stumbling block to peace efforts as they are built on land Palestinians consider to be part of their future state.
Israeli forces kidnap 5 Palestinians in West Bank Separately on Sunday, Israeli forces kidnapped five Palestinians in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank.
Local sources said Israeli troops stormed Hindaza village, located six kilometers southeast of Bethlehem, kidnapping an ex-detainee called Nidhal Abu Ahour after breaking into his home.
Israeli forces also stormed the village of Sebastia, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, where they raided several homes and kidnapped a citizen identified as Ayham Aql.
Three Palestinians were also taken prisoners after Israeli forces raided homes in the city of Jenin.
The circumstances surrounding the kidnappings are yet unknown, but the Israeli forces carry out such swoops on a nearly daily basis, taking away Palestinians, whom the regime usually accuses of acting against its so-called interests.
Israel holds more than 7,000 Palestinians in its jails.
Most of the prisoners are being held with no indictment or trial, under a controversial policy known as administrative detention