Israeli forces reportedly demolished a kindergarten in the Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba, in the outskirts of al-Eizariya in the occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem.

According to Palestinian news outlet Al-Ayyam, Israeli occupation forces demolished the kindergarten despite it being built with European Union funding, and with EU emblems on its walls to protect it against Israeli action.

Israeli forces also reportedly seized the school’s furnishings in an added punitive measure.

The demolition of the kindergarten is a step toward pushing out Palestinians living in that area and nearby areas known as E1, near the illegal Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim.

Israeli media reported Monday that the Israeli Civil Administration is threatening to destroy a number of homes in Jabal al-Baba and the nearby Bir al-Maskub area, despite an order by the Israeli Supreme Court banning the demolitions until the court establishes if the communities in the area can be “legalized” in the eyes of the Israeli state.

In response to a request for comment, a spokesperson for COGAT, the larger Israeli entity of which the Civil Administration is part, told Palestinian news agency, Ma'an: "Today an illegal tin and wood shed was caught in Eizaria, that was established over the past two weeks without receiving the required permits. The shed was confiscated by virtue of the procedure to confiscate caravans and in accordance to the law. We would like to emphasize that the construction was not in use."