Israel demolished most of a Bedouin villages in the occupied West Bank, and displaced 73 Palestinians - including 41 children - in the largest such demolition in years. The Israeli military claimed these were "illegal structures" and often uses that as an excuse to demolish Palestinian properties in the West Bank. Yvonne Helle, a humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations in Palestine said relief agencies visited the area and recorded 76 demolished structures which is more than any other single demolition in the past decade. B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights group, said the structures included 18 tents and sheds.
The Prime Minister of Palestine, Mohammad Shtayyeh, accused Israel of timing the demolition on the US election day, when the world was distracted. He wrote on twitter “As the attention is focused on #USElection2020, Israel chose this evening to commit another crime/ cover it up: to demolish 70 Palestinian structures, incl. homes"
So far this year, 689 Palestinian structures have been demolished by the Israeli military in the West Bank and East Jerusalem leaving over 860 Palestinians homeless.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-bedouin-demolitio/israel-razes-most-of-palestinian-bedouin-village-in-west-bank-on-u-s-election-day-idUSKBN27L19Z
Serena Merhebi
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