title: iraqi forces continue to advance on mosul
text: palestine palestinians check the flat of amjad aliwi after israeli authorities demolished it in the northern occupied west bank city of nablus on october   photo by afp 
  a new report has revealed that the number of palestinian homes demolished by israeli authorities in the largest division of the occupied west bank since the beginning of the current year stands at more than  
  israels hebrewlanguage haaretz newspaper reported on friday that a total of  palestinian homes have been demolished in area c of the west bank which constitutes about  percent of the territory and is under full israeli military control since january leaving  people homeless 
  that compares to  demolitions in the area last year which left  palestinians without any place of residence 
  the newspaper noted that a total of  palestinian homes have also been destroyed in east jerusalem alquds since the start of the year up from  last year 
  the demolitions affected  palestinians in the region marking an increase from  the previous year 
  the revelations came only two days after israeli military forces razed three palestinian homes in the beit hanina and silwan neighborhoods of east jerusalem alquds displacing at least  people including minors 
  international bodies and rights groups argue that israels sustained demolitions of palestinian homes and structures in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem alquds are an attempt by the tel aviv regime to uproot palestinians from their native territories and confiscate more land for expansion of illegal settlements 
  more than half a million israelis live in over  illegal settlements built since the  israeli occupation of the palestinian territories of the west bank and east jerusalem alquds 
  the presence and continued expansion of israeli settlements in occupied palestinian lands have created a major obstacle for the efforts to establish peace in the middle east 
  the palestinian authority wants the west bank as part of a future independent palestinians state with east jerusalem alquds as its capital loading