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IOF destroys 9,000 Palestinian buildings since 2009
The United Nations on Saturday said that the Israeli occupation authorities destroyed close to 9,000 Palestinian-owned structures and displaced thousands of Palestinians since 2009.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) offered the grim data in a report, which said the destructions have displaced some 13,000 Palestinians and inflicted losses on around 152,000 others.
The statement said that during the reporting period, 1,559 Palestinian houses were destroyed whether by the Israeli occupation authorities or self-demolished by their owners to avoid paying heavy fines.
It added that the destruction orders were issued against Palestinian-owned structures under the pretext of construction without permit.
In order to try to rationalize demolition of the Palestinian structures, the statement added, the Israeli occupation has been accusing their owners of lacking construction permit, obtaining which is next to impossible.
