JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Civil Administration, accompanied by Israeli troops, destroyed six new building foundations in Jerusalem’s Etzion bloc.
Five of the foundations destroyed Wednesday night in the Bat Ayin community were for private homes and one was for a synagogue, according to reports.
Earlier Wednesday, the Civil Authority demolished a building foundation in the settlement of Yakir. Residents protested during the demolition.
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