‘Israel’ demolishes Palestinian shelters, animal barns in Hebron
Hebron (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces on Thursday demolished Palestinian shelters and animal barns in Masafer Yatta in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources said Israeli forces yesterday demolished four rooms, served as shelters and barns for animal, and ovens owned by residents of two villages in the Masafer Yatta: al-Fakhit and al-Markaz.
Watch | Israeli bulldozers tear down tents for nomadic #Palestinian families in the area of Masafer Yatta, to the south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/2dHtCqL1R2
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 2, 2021
Masafer Yatta is one of the most remote and sparsely populated areas of the occupied West Bank – completely in Area C, and under full Israeli military and civil control.
17 small Palestinian villages are included in the area with a population of approximately 1,100.
Israeli settlers began constructing settlements in the area in the 1980s and there are now more than a dozen settlements and outposts there, as well as Israeli military installations.
Home demolitions, confiscation of the most basic infrastructure, military training exercises, and settler attacks are part of everyday reality in the area, forcing many to live in natural caves, as they vow to stay in Masafer Yatta no matter what the obstacles.
In many Palestinian communities located in Area C of the West Bank under full Israeli military control, Israeli-designated “firing zones” or “closed military zones” are forbidden for Palestinians to live on without permission from the Israeli occupation authorities, which is rarely granted.
There are nearly 700,000 Israeli settlers living in 256 illegal settlements and outposts scattered across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
