400 Palestinian homes demolished in 2011, 800 displaced

An international report said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) had demolished 409 Palestinian homes in 2011 so far that led to the displacement of 804 Palestinian citizens.

The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA) pointed to an obvious escalation in the demolition streak of Palestinian homes at the hands of the IOA.

It explained that the IOA razed 290 Palestinian homes in 2010 that displaced 375 Palestinian citizens.

The report published on Saturday also noted that 139 Palestinians were injured in 326 Jewish settlers’ assaults since the start of 2011 compared to 202 Palestinians wounded in the same period last year in 202 attacks.

It said that 85 Palestinians were killed in the first nine months of 2011 while 53 were killed in the same period last year at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF).

OCHA noted that the IOF wounded 417 Palestinians so far this year while in 2010 the figure was 194.