Civil Administration continues demolition sweep: 14 Bedouin families left homeless in the Ma'ale Adumim area today

17 August 2015

Demolitions in a-Sa'idi community today. Photo: 'Amer 'Aruri, B'Tselem

Authorities leave the residents and herds with no shelter in harsh weather conditions

This morning, around 6am, civil Administration and army forces arrived at the a-Sa'idi community, near a-Za'ayem. The forces demolished the homes of four families numbering 32 people, of them 21 minors. The a-Sa'idi community numbers a total of 6 families, around 40 residents.

The forces then moved to the abu-Falah community, in the Khan al-Ahmar area, and demolished a residential shack built of timber and plastic sheeting, which was built next to a family home to house its the two elder children. The demolition order for this shack was issued in October 2014. Additionally, the forces demolished another structure the family uses to house guests. The abu-Falah community includes 15 families, around 150 persons, of them half are minors.

Later the authorities demolished 12 structures in the adjacent Bir al-Maksub and Wadi Shneisel communities. Nine of the structures demolished were the residential homes of families numbering 60 persons, of them 39 are minors, and three served as shelters for the herds. Bir al-Maksub and Wadi Shneisel communities

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