Civil Administration continues demolishing Masafer Yatta communities, demolishing all the homes in the northern section of Khirbet al-Fakhit and a home in Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’

On Tuesday morning, 8 September 2026, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and equipped with four diggers, arrived at the community of Khirbet al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta. The forces demolished five residential structures belonging to four families numbering 32 people, including 11 minors, leaving them homeless. The forces also demolished nine sheep pens, two livestock enclosures, five external toilets, 18 water tanks, solar panels, two water cisterns and five chicken coops, and confiscated a car.

The forces then continued north to the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’, where they demolished the home of a family of seven, including four minors, leaving them homeless. The forces also demolished an outdoor kitchen structure.

 

 
Demolition of homes in Khirbet al-Fakhit. Photo by Basel al-Adrah
 
Residents of Khirbet al-Fakhit after the demolition. Photo by Basel al-Adrah
 
Israeli forces during the demolition. Photo by Basel al-Adrah
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Photo by Nasser Nawajaa, B'Tselem