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April 9th, 2016 
Awake Goy Days of Palestine, west Bank -Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in occupied Palestinian territories displaced hundreds of Palestinians, including 124 were displaced in one day.
In a statement, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said: “In total, 54 structures were demolished in nine different communities in Area C, displacing 124 people, including 60 children.”
The statement, which was issued on Friday, added: “A further 293 people, including 98 children, were otherwise affected.”
Occupied Palestinian territories are classified as Area A, B and C. More than 60 per cent of the occupied West Bank under full Israeli military and administrative control –Area C.
According to the UNOCHA statement, the northern occupied West Bank village of Khirbet Tana saw its fourth demolition this year on Thursday. “Israeli authorities demolished 34 structures in the village displacing 69 Palestinians, 29 of them children,” the statement said.
“Many of the demolished structures in Khirbet Tana, which lies in an area declared by the Israeli occupation as a firing zone, had been provided by donors as relief after earlier demolitions,” the statement explained.
The statement added: “Some 18 per cent of the West Bank has been closed for military training since the 1970′s although recent research indicates that nearly 80 per cent of such areas are not used for training.”
It continued: “Since the beginning of 2016, 36 structures were demolished in areas declared as firing zones, displacing 147 people, including 76 children.”
UNOCHA said that the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian territory Robert Piper visited Khirbet Tana following to the last demolition in March. It said that Piper “warned of a risk of forcible transfer facing residents.”
Comparing Israeli demolitions in Area C between 2016 and 2015, the statement said that the Israeli occupation has demolished 539 structures since the start of 2016, compared to a total of 453 demolitions in 2015.
It also said that the 2016 demolitions displaced 804 Palestinians, compared to a total of 580 in 2015.
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