Israeli settlers, with the protection of Israeli occupation soldiers, today demolished several Palestinian-owned shops in the old city of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The director of the Hebron Reconstruction Committee, Imad Hamdan, told WAFA that settlers, protected by soldiers, demolished five shops located in the old city market area. He said that this area has been completely closed and isolated by the occupation forces for more than 25 years, and Hebron residents and owners of shops were prohibited from entering or accessing it, while on the other hand, it is completely open to settlers, who demolished five of its shops in preparation for seizing the land and building settlement units on it.
Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)