More than 200 Palestinians lived in Khirbet Qassa, west of Hebron. The village was an enclave in the area between the Green Line and the Separation Barrier, whose construction was recently completed.
Israel closed the Separation Barrier opening the children crossed to get to school in Bir Nebala. Their families have lived in East Jerusalem for decades, yet Israel does not recognize them as residents of the city or let the children study in East Jerusalem schools.
On 25 October 2021, at around 3:30 P.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and two crane trucks to a school in the community of Khirbet al-Malih (the Hamamat al-Malih area), near Tayasir in the northern Jordan Valley. The school, which was established about a year ago, has 45 students. The Civil Administration staff dismantled and confiscated a metal pergola that provided shade for playground facilities in the yard and two tin-and-wood rooms still under construction, that were intended to serve as a medical clinic for the students and area residents. The grounds given for the demolition were damage to antique relics.
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Demolition of the pergola that shaded the playground. Photo by 'Aref Daraghmeh, B'Tselem, 25 Oct. 2021