Israel demolishes seasonal homes of five Palestinian families and two farming structures, and confiscates solidarity tent, South Hebron Hills

On Tuesday, 20 Dec. 2022, at around 9:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort, a bulldozer and a digger to the community of Khirbet Wadi Ejheish in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished six tents that were the seasonal homes of five families numbering 24 people in total, 11 of them minors. The tents were donated to the families by the Red Crescent and the Palestinian Authority's National Commission against the Wall and the Settlements after the Civil Administration demolished their old tents on 25 Oct. 2022.

About two hours later, the forces arrived at Khirbet Ma’in, which lies southeast of the town of Yatta in Hebron District, and demolished an unused farming structure. From there, they continued to Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in Masafer Yatta, the South Hebron Hills, where they confiscated a tent used by human rights activists, and then to the nearby village of a-Tuwani, where they demolished a chicken coop that provided a living for a family of eight, three of them minors.