BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces demolished seven houses across the southern West Bank on Wednesday, leaving seven families homeless.

Bulldozers demolished three houses and a well in the Bethlehem town of al-Khader on Wednesday, witnesses said.

Locals told Ma'an that two Israeli bulldozers, escorted by Israeli police, raided the town and demolished three properties belonging to Ali Salim Moussa and Ismail Mahmoud Moussa, leaving six families homeless.

Israeli forces also destroyed a water well in the village during the raid.