According to locals, the demolition efforts have been going on since February. Israeli authorities had served the home owners with eviction notices and had been pressuring them to vacate their homes and relocate in order to illegally take over the land

Israeli officials issued a military order to seize over 616 dunams (152 acres) of private Palestinian land in the villages of Qaryout and al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya near Nablus in the occupied West Bank

Residents of the Palestinian locality of Jabal al-Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem have warned the Israeli municipality to desist from any attempt to demolish their houses after it served notices for the same