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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces delivered demolition orders to three Palestinian families in the southern West Bank town of Idhna on Thursday, the landowners said.

Amjad Hilmi Nofal, owner of the one of the properties, said his family of seven have lived in the home for 10 years.

Nofal's brother, Awad, and his family of nine have lived in their home since 2007, while a third house slated for demolition belongs to Arif Abd al-Hamid Abu Zalata.

The families received stop-work orders from Israel's military seven years ago and have been filing appeals with Israel's Supreme Court ever since.

Mayor of Idhna Hashim Tmeizi says Israel is trying displace Palestinians from the town, with hundreds of families threatened with demolition orders.

The properties are located in Area C, which according to the Oslo Accords is under full Israeli security and administrative control.

Some 27,000 Palestinian homes and structures have been demolished by Israel since it occupied the West Bank in 1967.