'Holding our ground': Israel demolishes dozens of Bedouin homes
Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin villagers wandered through the rubble of what used to be their homes, the latest to be demolished after being deemed illegal structures by Israeli authorities. The residents of Al-Dahiya in the Negev desert say they have nowhere else to go after bulldozers destroyed around 80 structures housing some 400 people on Monday. "When night falls, where…
Israeli forces demolished between 50 and 80 homes and a mosque belonging to the Bedouin Palestinian Abu Wadi clan near the southern city of Rahat on Monday, leaving approximately 250 people homeless. The demolitions were carried out after an Israeli court rejected a request to postpone the orders, according to the Middle East Eye.
The Abu Wadi clan, who had lived in the area for decades, were forced to dismantle their own homes and were not provided with alternative housing, with one resident describing the experience as catastrophic.
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