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A security services bulldozer demolishing a stone and mud hut in the Hathaleen area south of Hebron on Wednesday. (AP)
Last update - 19:03 14/02/2007
Security forces demolish seven houses in Mt. Hebron villages
By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service

Security forces destroyed seven illegally constructed Palestinian houses and 13 other structures Wednesday on the southern slope of Mount Hebron in the West Bank.

The demolitions took place in the villages of Manzal, Umm al-Khir and Gawawis.

Abdullah Harizat, a resident of Manzal, said that police forces, Border Police and Israel Defense Forces troops arrived in the village Wednesday morning, accompanied by the Engineering Corps.

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Harizat said the forces demolished a house belonging to a family with eight children. "During the demolition, the wall of a house of another family was also destroyed," he said.

The area is located in Area C, subject to Civil Administration control.

Harizat said the structures were built illegally because the residents of the village are not allowed to receive construction permits. "We ask, but they never give them to us. They say, 'this is state land.'"

Harizat said the forces that destroyed the houses did not attend to the needs of residents left without a roof during the night. Relatives brought the family a tent in which to sleep, he said.

One woman was admitted for medical treatment after losing consciousness during the demolitions.

Israeli leftist activists also arrived at the scene, one of whom was detained.

The Committee Against House Demolitions said a petition filed by a residents of one of the villages was rejected.

The committee added that the residents' legal situation remains untenable. "A building permit is unavailable there," it said.

The Civil Administration said, "Twenty illegal structures were destroyed after demolition orders were issued, and offers were made to the owners to pursue the available options before the planning organizations. The supervisory unit of the civil administration will continue to operate against illegal building activity in the area, and to implement the steps mandated by law against this illegal activity."

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  1.   Arabs shouldn`t build on Jewish land 19:03  |  Dani 14/02/07
  2.   Israel demolishes Arab houses deep inside the West Bank 19:08  |  Lebanese admirer 14/02/07
  3.   Demolitions..... 19:17  |  Esther 14/02/07
  4.   The Proper Response to the Right People 19:22  |  bimmer 14/02/07
  5.   Hypocisy of the worst Kind 19:35  |  MML 14/02/07
  6.   when are we going to treat illegal Jewish building the same way? 19:41  |  Bruno 14/02/07
  7.   APARTEID STATE 19:48  |  Danny 14/02/07
  8.   Jewish Illegals sanctioned, Arabs destroyed 19:53  |  Yaakov Sullivan 14/02/07
  9.   MML from SF 20:13  |  Lynn 14/02/07
  10.   Facists 20:16  |  Bandar Michaels 14/02/07
  11.   Can somewaht remind me the definition of terrorism ? 20:19  |  Maurice 14/02/07
  12.   Of course... 20:22  |  Colin Wright 14/02/07
  13.   No hypocrisy or apartheid. Ever heard of Gush Katif? 20:27  |  Polybios 14/02/07
  14.   jimmy carter is a what?? 20:29  |  ron 14/02/07
  15.   YOU CANT WANT ISRAELI HOUSES RAISED AND NOT ARAB ONES 20:29  |  SHIMON 14/02/07
  16.   How long will Israel continue to sin 20:50  |  papa jay 14/02/07
  17.   Neither hypocrisy nor Apartheid 21:21  |  Polybios 14/02/07
  18.   "...but it is ethnic cleaning." 21:22  |  curious 14/02/07
  19.   Dani, Then No Jew should build or own Christian land 21:35  |  Planner 14/02/07
  20.   STATE LAND? IT IS OCCUPIED! 21:37  |  Bach 14/02/07
  21.   Hebron Jews again on rampage 21:40  |  Esther 14/02/07
  22.   What about illigal Jewish outpost !! 21:40  |  Rami 14/02/07
  23.   and how did this make Israel more secure??? 21:41  |  Rami 14/02/07
  24.   Bandar Michaels -- Like Gaza? 21:54  |  bbl 14/02/07
  25.   History of the South Hebron Hills 21:58  |  Yaakov Sullivan 14/02/07
  26.   ya rami 22:00  |  Blinky the fish 14/02/07
  27.   Colin Wright -- I see you American History is lousy as well 22:07  |  bbl 14/02/07
  28.   THIS IS NOT A JEWISH STATE! 22:14  |  Lubnani Yehudi 14/02/07
  29.   And I heard Israel had hired a PR firm 22:17  |  MC 14/02/07
  30.   defender of Israel...but, 22:20  |  Paul 14/02/07
  31.   # 1 you are Orwell,Sick, its just sick 22:22  |  Charles 14/02/07
  32.   Does not look good for Israel/security forces 22:41  |  Avrum 14/02/07
  33.   Security forces demolish seven houses in Mt. Hebron villages 22:44  |  Arthur 14/02/07
  34.   @17, bach by all means boycott israeli goods 22:49  |  vladimir 14/02/07
  35.   Outrageous 22:56  |  JJ 14/02/07
  36.   What a sad place 23:00  |  YB 14/02/07
  37.   here`s what`s fair... 23:10  |  b`galil 14/02/07
  38.   Esther # 20 23:12  |  Avrum 14/02/07
  39.   House demolitions 23:25  |  Mitch Cohen 14/02/07
  40.   Hebron and Mt. Hebron 23:46  |  Esther 14/02/07
  41.   Bach - not the composer 23:49  |  Avrum 14/02/07
  42.   @30 houdy nazi charles 23:49  |  vladimir 14/02/07
  43.   your days are numbered Israel... 23:54  |  Yitzhak Goldberg 14/02/07
  44.   equal treatment 00:03  |  Larry Levine 15/02/07
  45.   equal treatment 00:04  |  Larry Levine 15/02/07
  46.   I AGREE with Lubnani Yehudi #27 00:11  |  Chaval 15/02/07
  47.   Leb Admirer - you should know why #2 00:18  |  William 15/02/07
  48.   The Bedouin man. IDF Terror Strikes Again. 00:18  |  Maureen Ann 15/02/07
  49.   My only reservation is... 00:20  |  William 15/02/07
  50.   demolitions 00:25  |  Chris Galloway 15/02/07
  51.   Hypocracy of Israel`s Left 00:26  |  Brian Kholodovsky 15/02/07
  52.   Bedwan Falasteen 00:29  |  Hani 15/02/07
  53.   boycotted israeli goods 00:31  |  american 15/02/07
  54.   To #21 Rami 00:48  |  Slibovitz 15/02/07
  55.   to lynn 01:06  |  zena 15/02/07
  56.   Dear Mr Charles at No. 30, 01:11  |  John 15/02/07
  57.   Animals 01:17  |  El Duderino 15/02/07
  58.   to Bach 01:22  |  avram 15/02/07
  59.   Colin Wright -- I see you American History is lousy as well 01:26  |  Hassan Habib 15/02/07
  60.   disgusting dani 01:49  |  wibism 15/02/07
  61.   Outrageous 01:50  |  JJ 15/02/07
  62.   #dani!!! What land???? 01:51  |  An observer from USA 15/02/07
  63.   Dear MC 01:52  |  Guy 15/02/07
  64.   Mt Hebron villages 01:53  |  Cookie Cohen 15/02/07
  65.   destroying Arab houses bad 01:53  |  Omran 15/02/07
  66.   Appalling behaviour 01:54  |  Fairplay 15/02/07
  67.   Bach #19, you were near-sighted and now you`re blind 01:55  |  Yael G 15/02/07
  68.   occupied vs disputed territories no. 2 01:56  |  Yael G 15/02/07
  69.   State land, yes Palestinian state land 02:09  |  Petteri 15/02/07
  70.   no receipt about real estate tax? germans civil servants... 02:15  |  christoph 15/02/07
  71.   JUSTICE IS SERVED, BUT IT`S A DROP IN THE SEA! 02:19  |  Like it is 15/02/07
  72.   #1 dani 02:36  |  tom 15/02/07
  73.   BANDAR MICHAELS What do you do with captured Jews and property? 02:53  |  PETER SM 15/02/07
  74.   demolishing SOME illegal buildings 03:00  |  Mark Lincoln 15/02/07
  75.   Yael G 03:02  |  Mark Lincoln 15/02/07
  76.   #18 Where is "Christian" land? 03:02  |  Rahab 15/02/07
  77.   old man against IDF 03:02  |  Sarah 15/02/07
  78.   #44 John 03:05  |  An observer from USA 15/02/07
  79.   The expression is still true 03:11  |  cc 15/02/07
  80.   To Mr Yael G, ( G for Gullible i presume) 03:29  |  papa jay 15/02/07
  81.   jimmy carter antisemite? 03:31  |  Andrew 15/02/07
  82.   Truth and Lies 03:59  |  Hilah 15/02/07
  83.   Tipping Point 04:19  |  Nill 15/02/07
  84.   Beduin Home Demolition 04:20  |  Neshama 15/02/07
  85.   DISPICABLE to say the least 04:28  |  Moe 15/02/07
  86.   It is sad... however could have been avoided 04:29  |  Bruce 15/02/07
  87.   #1 Dani; you need to get help, yessiree 04:32  |  ballistic 15/02/07
  88.   Andrew? 04:53  |  Hilah