Zionist forces demolished dozens of residential structures including a school in the northern West Bank this week.

Zionist forces demolished dozens of residential structures including a school in the northern West Bank this week, leaving 10 families homeless, the UN said on Friday.

The demolitions took place on Wednesday in the village of Khirbet Tana, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

In total, 41 structures were destroyed, displacing 36 Palestinians including 11 children, the UN's humanitarian body said in a statement.

The Zionist army regularly destroys homes it claims have been built without permission from the occupation authorities.

Last week the European Union hit out at Zionist authorities after they demolished a school funded by the French government.

Nickolay Mladenov, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said last month the number of such demolitions has tripled on average since the start of the year.