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\r\n\tThe United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), late Wednesday condemned large scale home demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Bedouin refugee community of Um Al- Khayr South of the occupied al-Khalil ('Hebron').<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tA statement by the UNRWA said that 31 Palestinian refugees, including 16 children, were left homeless in a community that has endured several rounds of demolitions and faced harassment from the nearby illegal settlement of Karmel.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tMore than 700 Palestinians have been displaced by Israeli demolitions in the West Bank this year, according to Lance Bartholomeusz, Director of UNRWA Operations in the West Bank.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\tThis figure is approaching the total number of displaced for all of 2015, the UN official added.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t"I am appalled. Looking in the eyes of a young Bedouin boy in a red shirt standing amongst the crumpled ruins of his demolished home, how can anyone justify this", Bartholomeusz said.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t"UNRWA is gravely concerned about demolitions in violation of international law," the statement explained.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\t"Under the Fourth Geneva Convention destruction of private property is prohibited and these demolitions must stop. As Occupying Power, Israel is obliged to administer the occupied territory for the welfare of the protected Palestinian population, it concluded.<\/p>","content_source":null,"content_url":null,"content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2016-04-08 18:28:45","content_date_finish":"2016-04-08 18:28:45","content_date_register":"2016-04-08 18:28:45","content_date_last_edit":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"1","content_show_related_img":"1","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"0","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"1","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"126668","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"2073479296","attach_date_register":"2016-04-08 18:28:50","attach_id":"133107","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"450","attach_img_height":"300","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"0","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"96","visit_date_last":"2025-05-12 18:52:23","attach_title":"UNRWA condemns large-scale Israeli home demolitions","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]