Martin Northfarm

Israeli demolitions left 9 Palestinian families homeless today in the South Hebron Hills. This morning, 10 Feb. 2025, Civil Administration personnel went with soldiers and excavators to the community of Khirbet Khilet a-Dabe’ in Masafer Yatta, an area in the South Hebron Hills. The force demolished seven homes made of cinder blocks and tin roofs, as well as four caves. Seven families – 54 people, 28 of them minors — are now without shelter. The force also demolished water cisterns, water tanks, solar panels and a stone fence used by some of the families. The force continued north to the community of Maghayir al- ‘Abid, where it demolished an agricultural structure, and then to the community of Khirbet Jinbah where it demolished two homes, leaving another 20 people homeless, 7 of them- minors. This demolition operation is part of the daily reality for thousands of Palestinians living in dozens of communities across the West Bank, who constantly face the threat of expulsion by Israeli authorities.