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| "Humanitarian organisations have long accused Israel of establishing firing zones as an excuse to push Palestinians off their land and expand settlement construction. About 18% of Area C, the parts of the West Bank under full Israeli control, has been designated as firing zones." Guardian graphic. Source: OCHA |
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| A demolition in Khirbet al-Fakheit, in Masafer Yatta – labelled by Israel as 'firing zone 918'. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian |
Ali Awad is tired. The 27-year-old resident of Tuba, one of the dozen or so villages that make up Masafer Yatta in the arid south Hebron hills of the occupied West Bank, had been up all night watching as a masked Israeli settler on horseback circled his family home.
“When we saw the masked settler, we knew he wanted violence,” said Awad, his eyes bloodshot. They were lucky this time: the settler disappeared into the darkness before police could show up.
The men in Masafer Yatta rarely sleep these days. They take turns standing watch at night, fearful that nearby Israeli settlers will attack under the cover of darkness.
Daylight brings little
respite. Residents work with an ear pricked up for the sound of
approaching vehicles, scanning the horizon for Israeli bulldozers which
could signal their homes are next to be demolished.... READ MORE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/palestinians-fear-razing-of-villages-in-west-bank-as-settlers-circle-their-homes
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