8th December: The Israeli army has today demolished 12 Palestinian houses and a school in the village of Kherbet Tana, near the West Bank city of Nablus - claiming as usual that all structures were illegally built. A Red Cross building, which reportedly served the impoverished residents of the village, was also severely damaged in the bulldozing, witnesses said.Based on figures revealed by the Israeli NGO Bimkom, almost 95% of applications filed by Palestinians for construction permits are rejected. Bimkom also noted that Israel's Civil Administration only grants around 12 permits per year.
The residents said that the demolition on Wednesday is the third of its kind, where around 45 houses were demolished in the village this year. Tana has a population of 180.
Meanwhile, Palestinian security sources said that the Israeli army arrested overnight nine Palestinian activists in the cities of Nablus, Tulkarem and Hebron, saying they are wanted by the Israeli security forces.
The Palestinian Authority did not condemn the demolitions.
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes struck before dawn on Wednesday two targets in response, the Israelis claim, to earlier homemade rocket attacks carried out by Gaza militants.
Witnesses said that the Israeli F16 warplanes struck a poultry farm (a weapons depot, according to Israeli radio) near the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, injuring one Palestinian civilian and causing severe damage.
The warplanes also struck a tunnel used for smuggling under the borderline between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt. The tunnel was destroyed, but no injuries were reported.
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