Israeli forces demolish home and family shelter in Masafer Yatta, sources say
Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron — An 80-square-metre house in Ighzaywa and a 40-square-metre shelter for a family of seven in Umm al-Khair were razed; a mobile toilet was seized.
Israeli forces demolished an 80-square-metre house in Khirbet Ighzaywa, south of Yatta, and a 40-square-metre dwelling that housed a family of seven in Khirbet Umm al-Khair, in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, local sources told WAFA. They also seized a mobile toilet.
UN OCHA reported on 2 October that about 400 structures had been demolished in the Masafer Yatta communities located inside the area Israel designates Firing Zone 918, displacing 969 Palestinians.
Update · Source: WAFA, 6 Nov, 10:50 · also 1, 2
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