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Israeli army displaces 15 Jordan Valley families for military drills

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Wednesday displaced 15 Palestinian families, including children, from their homes in the areas of al-Maleh and al-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley

Local official Aref Daraghmeh said that the Israeli army forced the families to evacuate their homes in order to carry out military drills.

Daraghmeh added that the Israeli army always displaces local residents and causes damage to their property and thousands of dunums of agricultural land during such drills.

Source: The Palestinian Information Center

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