Israel demolishes the homes of two families in Kh. Um Qusah, leaving 38 people, including 29 minors, homeless

On Wednesday, 6 December 2023, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a bulldozer at Kh. Um Qusah, east of the village of a-Zuweidin in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished two residential structures belonging to a family of 20, including 16 minors and two livestock enclosures it owns, as well as two residential structures belonging to another family, numbering a total of 18 people, including 13 minors. The forces also demolished two livestock enclosures owned by the second family. Both families were left homeless.

During the demolition, residents and soldiers got into an altercation, and a soldier fired live rounds in the air. When the demolition ended, the forces arrested a local resident.