Israel has reportedly demolished 47 Bedouin homes today, the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports.
The homes belonging to the Abu Asa family in the Negev, a large desert region in southern Israel, were destroyed this morning, according to the region’s supreme Arab guidance committee.
The committee said Israeli police planned to close roads in the area this morning to prevent protesters and described the move as “unprecedented”.
It added that this was the “largest home demolition operation in a single day in many years”.
“The state is trying to force the residents of the Abu Asa family to move to another place, under threat and intimidation, in order to extend Highway 6 to the south, but they refuse to move to the location proposed for them and are demanding to live in the agreed-upon neighbourhood of Tel Al-Saba,” MEMO cites the committee as saying.
Negev Bedouin are traditionally pastoral nomadic Arab tribes and include many Israeli citizens.
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir claims the demolition is an important step towards restoring governance.
Israeli tanks lined up near Israel-Gaza border
Israeli tanks are lined up near the Israel-Gaza border, on the outskirts of the southern city of Rafah.
Israel has threatened a major assault on Rafah to defeat thousands of Hamas militants it says are holed up there, but Western nations and the UN have warned a full-scale attack on the city would be a humanitarian catastrophe.
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