Israeli authorities Thursday morning reportedly demolished a mosque in the town of Duma, south of the occupied West Bank of Nablus, local sources confirmed.

Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors colonial settlements in the northern West Bank, said that Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer into the town and tore down a mosque that has been attended by worshipers for two years, east of the town.

He added that the forces also razed agricultural roads in the southern part of the town.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs slammed the mosque demolition as a clear act of aggression against Muslim holy sites and an act of provocation against Muslim sentiments.

Soldiers in the Civil Administration determine where Palestinians may live, where and when they may travel (including to other parts of the occupied territories like Gaza and East Jerusalem), whether they can build or expand homes on their own land, whether they own that land at all, whether an Israeli settler can takeover that land among others.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Nablus- 04 November 2021. Palestinians asess the ruins of a mosque, east of the village of Duma near the city of Nablus, after it was reportedly demolished by the army which according to Israel was built without authorisation in the area 'C' of the West Bank where Israel retains full control over planning and construction.


0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Radi Arara, eyewitness.

STORYLINE:

Israeli authorities Thursday morning demolished a mosque in the town of Duma, south of the occupied West Bank of Nablus, local sources confirmed.

Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors colonial settlements in the northern West Bank, said that Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer into the town and tore down a mosque that has been attended by worshipers for two years, east of the town.

He added that the forces also razed agricultural roads in the southern part of the town.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs slammed the mosque demolition as a clear act of aggression against Muslim holy sites and an act of provocation against Muslim sentiments.

Soldiers in the oxymoronically named Civil Administration determine where Palestinians may live, where and when they may travel (including to other parts of the occupied territories like Gaza and East Jerusalem), whether they can build or expand homes on their own land, whether they own that land at all, whether an Israeli settler can takeover that land among others.

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