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IOF top court rejects petition against two schools, 32 houses demolition in Masafer Yatta
The Supreme Israeli Court abandoned on Sunday a petition urging the abolition of an Israeli order to destroy two schools and 32 residential facilities in the Masafer Yatta region, to the south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, local sources said.
Nedal Younes, the head of the Masafer Yatta town council, said that the court rejected a petition submitted by citizens of four communities in Masafer Yatta against the imminent Israeli demolition of two schools and about 32 shacks in Khirbet Al Fakheit and Jinba, two of about 20 hamlets forming the Masafer Yatta area.
He reported the court’s order gives the Israeli forces a green light to go ahead with the demolition of Palestinian structures and residential facilities in the area.
On May 4, the Israeli High Court gave the Israeli army the green light to demolish and displace at least 1000 Palestinians living in some eight districts in Masafer Yatta in order to turn the area into a training and a firing zone.
The decision announced strong local and international condemnation and warning of serious consequences if carried out.
Israel has been gradually destroying houses and displacing families in several Masafer Yatta communities over the past few weeks.
