Israel demolishes five homes, leaving eight people homeless
18 February 2025
On Tuesday, 18 February 2025, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and Border Police officers and equipped with two excavators, arrived at the community of Um al-Kheir in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished three homes, leaving three young men homeless. The forces then continued to the community of a-Rakeez in Masafer Yatta, where they demolished a trailer home, leaving a family of five, including three minors, homeless. After that, the forces proceeded to She’b al-Batem, also in Masafer Yatta, where they demolished a trailer home that was not yet inhabited and a livestock enclosure.