Israeli forces hand out stop-work orders

Israeli forces on Tuesday handed stop-work warrants to several Palestinian families in the southern West Bank town of al-Dhahiriya over allegedly building houses without license. Family members told the Hebron-based Land Research Center that inspectors of the Israeli Civil Administration “stormed the al-Maalla area and handed warrants ordering residents to stop construction works in their houses.” The report highlighted that though the warranted houses were under construction, families lived in them. The orders, according to the LRC, notified owners that an inspection committee would meet on Sept. 30 to consider possible house demolitions in the area. Amongst the homeowners who were warranted were Fayiz Suleiman al-Tal, Nayif Muhammad Abu Sharkh, Sami Issa Abu Sharkh and Sufyan Izzat Abu Sharkh.