A makeshift wood-panelled church that was built to draw attention to alleged Israeli “land confiscation” in the West Bank town of Beit Jala was pulled down, the Save Al-Makhrour group
said, shortly after the first service was held there.According to the
Save Al-Makhrour group, the church had been built on Sunday by an interfaith group of Muslims, Jews and Christians, and it held the first service on that evening.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory
reported demolitions in Beit Jala and in other two locations in the West Bank on Tuesday.Footage by David Melero Pena shows Israeli forces at location in Beit Jala as the church is dismantled piece by piece.There is a history of demolitions in the al-Makhrour area of Beit Jala,
according to the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. Credit: David Melero Peña via Storyful