May 5, 2025
Some 152 Palestinian structures and homes were demolished and 46 other structures were served demolition notices in the West Bank last month.
Israeli occupation forces have carried out large-scale demolition operations across the occupied West Bank, with more than 25 homes and structures destroyed south of Hebron (Al-Khalil) on Monday.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian government agency reported that 152 Palestinian structures and homes were demolished and 46 other structures were served demolition notices in the West Bank last month.
Al Jazeera reported that the Israeli army, accompanied by bulldozers, raided the village of Khallet al-Dabaa, in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, earlier on Monday. They then proceeded to demolish more than 25 homes and structures in the area.
Israeli forces also demolished two homes in the villages of Al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah, and Al-Funduq, east of Qalqilya, and several structures in the Jordan Valley, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
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Israeli bulldozers demolish most of a West Bank hamlet, displacing dozens of Palestinians
May 5, 2025
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military bulldozers demolished most of a Palestinian Bedouin village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday, taking out the hamlet’s infrastructure and leaving residents wandering amid the rubble of their homes. The bulldozers rolled into Khalet Al-Dab in the morning, taking down most of the village’s structures, said Basel Adra, a filmmaker, journalist and activist from the area.
Nine homes, five tents and five animal pens were demolished, said Mohammed Rabia, head of the village council in the area.
COGAT, the Israeli military body responsible for administrative affairs in the occupied West Bank, said it demolished the buildings because they were built illegally in an area designated as a closed firing zone.
Palestinians have long said that securing Israeli permission to build in the West Bank is nearly impossible.
Ali Dababsa, 87, a shepherd who watched the forces demolish his home, looked aghast. “We want to die under this soil, this land is precious to us and we are the owners of this land,” he said, as he and other villagers gathered on a hilltop.
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