Israeli forces today demolished a residential building and seized tents and other equipment in the Jordan Valley village of Ibziq, north of the occupied West Bank city of Tubas, according to Wafa news agency.

Abdul Majeed Khdeirat, head of Ibziq village council, said that, in addition to damaging farms and homes, Israeli forces raided the village and destroyed a 70-square-meter shack and two water and electricity pumps.

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) razed a Palestinian house and seized tents and equipment from Palestinian citizens in Ibziq village to the north of Tubas in the West Bank on Thursday morning. pic.twitter.com/dwDQhhMs0p

— Palestine Live (@pallive_en) March 26, 2020

Khdeirat added that the soldiers also seized eight tents that were not yet set up, solar panels, spraying equipment, and building blocks for use by the village’s mosque, clinic, and council, under the pretext that the construction was taking place in a military zone.

Yesterday, Israeli military authorities ordered residents of the Jordan Valley to stop installing solar panels in their village.

Israel orders the Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley to stop the installation of internationally-donated solar panels in their own village https://t.co/m0Zdf6aDJV

— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) March 25, 2020

The Jordan Valley covers an area of about 1.6 million dunams (1,600 km2) and constitutes around 30 percent of the total occupied West Bank. According to a previous government report, the Valley includes about 280,000 dunams of arable land, 50,000 of which are still used by Palestinians and 27,000 by illegal Jewish settlers.

Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know about Israel’s ‘Firing Zones’ in the West Bank https://t.co/N9ZLBDbST7 via @MiddleEastMnt #Palestine #IsraeliCrimes pic.twitter.com/YPTEFAREen

— Ramzy Baroud (@RamzyBaroud) January 18, 2020

The majority of the Jordan Valley is under full Israeli military control, despite being within the West Bank. Meanwhile, at least 44 percent of the total land in the Jordan Valley has been confiscated by Israeli forces for military purposes and training exercises.

(Palestine Chronicle, MEMO, Social Media)