Israel has begun demolishing a cluster of Palestinian homes it says were built illegally too close to the separation barrier in the occupied West Bank, APA reports citing BBC.
Hundreds of police and troops moved in to Sur Baher as bulldozers tore down structures said to house 17 people.
Palestinians say it is an attempt by Israel to grab West Bank land.
Israel's High Court had rejected appeals against the demolition order, saying the homes had been put up within a no-build zone next to the barrier.
The barrier was built in and around the West Bank in the wake of the second Palestinian uprising which began in 2000. Israel says its purpose is to prevent infiltrations from the West Bank by Palestinian attackers, but Palestinians say it is a tool take over occupied land.
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