21 November 2007
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.
22 October 2007
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.
15 February 2022
On Tuesday, 15 February 2022, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer to the community of Khirbet al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills. The forced demolished an agricultural shack belonging to one of the community’s families for the second time.
From there, the forces continued north to the village of Khallet al-Mayah, where they demolished a house under construction intended to house a family of six, including four minors, as well as the family’s cistern.
During the incident, the homeowner came to the scene, and a confrontation ensued between him and the security forces, who knocked him to the ground, and one leaned his knee on his stomach. The forces then tied his hands and feet, grabbed them, picked him up, put him in a jeep and took him to the police station in Kiryat Arba. At the station, he was questioned on suspicion of assaulting members of the security forces and was released that night on a NIS 1,000 bail.
