The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday morning took over five Palestinian-owned homes and a water pipeline in al-Mintar area in the Bedouin desert of east Jerusalem.

Chief of the Mintar land defense committee Younis Ja’far said that the seized homes belonged to five local residents, adding that the IOF also confiscated a plastic water pipeline in the area.

He also said that the IOF threatened to confiscate another long-distance pipeline in al-Sawahira area.

The IOF took this measure after Jewish settlers recently deployed prefabricated homes and water tanks in the area as a prelude to setting up a settlement outpost.

 

Source: The Palestinian Information Center