Mass Demolition in Masafer Yatta: Israeli Forces Destroy Homes, Leaving Dozens Homeless

On Monday, 10 February 2025, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and three excavators to the community of Khirbet Khilet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished seven cinder-block structures with tin roofs that were home to seven families, leaving 54 people, including 28 minors, homeless. They also destroyed four caves, two water cisterns, two water tanks, three solar panels and a stone fence used by some of the families.

The forces then continued north to the community of Maghayir al-‘Abid, where they demolished an agricultural structure. From there, they moved south to the community of Khirbet Jinbeh, where they demolished two more cinder-block structures with tin roofs that were home to two families, leaving 20 people, including seven minors, homeless.