Israel orders demolition of last soccer field in West Bank refugee camp
Israel has ordered demolition of the last football field in a crowded refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, saying the construction in the area was carried out “unlawfully.”
Mohammad Abu Srour, an administrator at Aida Youth Center, which manages the field, said the Israeli military gave them seven days to demolish the field.
The regime’s military often orders Palestinians to carry out demolitions themselves. If they do not act, the military steps in to destroy the structure in question itself.
The regime's military issued the demolition order for the soccer field on December 31, saying it was built "illegally in an area that abuts the concrete barrier wall" that Israel built in the West Bank.
The recent Israeli demolitions coincide with heightened fears among Palestinians of an organized effort by Israel to formally annex the West Bank.
The demolitions have drawn widespread international criticism. The UN Security Council has condemned Israel’s settlement activities in several resolutions.
However, earlier this month, the Tel Aviv regime approved the construction of 126 new illegal settler units in the northern side of the West Bank, defying international outcry over illegal settlement expansion and land grab activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
This expansion highlights a deliberate Israeli strategy aimed at accelerating settlement development by bypassing security and civil approval barriers and simplifying illegal construction processes.
More than 700,000 Israelis live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
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