AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation authorities on Thursday afternoon handed the residents of the Mafqara hamlet a demolition notice for their mosque of the hamlet which lies to the south east of Yatta south of al-Khalil city.

Local sources told PIC that IOF troops handed the residents of the hamlet a notice which informs them that their mosque will be demolished after three days.

The sources added that a verbal exchange between the residents and the IOF officer who handed them the notice took place and the IOF troops fired teargas to disperse the residents who gathered around the mosque.

The mosque was demolished about a month ago, and the residents of the hamlet rebuilt it.