Israeli military forces have raided the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank and forced a family to leave their home in preparation for its demolition, according to Palestinian media reports.

Ramallah, July 21 (RHC)-- Israeli military forces have raided the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank and forced a family to leave their home in preparation for its demolition, according to Palestinian media reports.

The raid comes amid a recent spate of Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and reports that Israel has illegally seized more land this year in the occupied West Bank than in the previous 20 years combined.

Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that some of Israel’s recent expansion in the occupied West Bank was retaliation against the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic role in the growing international condemnation of Israel’s actions.