Zionist occupation forces demolish Al-Araqib village for 227th time

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, July 17 (YPA) – Israeli occupation authorities’ vehicles and bulldozers demolished the homes of the residents of the deprived village of Al-Araqib in the Negev region for the 227th time.

The occupation bulldozers demolished the village of Al-Araqib for the first time on July 27, 2010, while the last time was on June 6 of this year.

This is the fifth time that the occupation authorities have demolished the tents and homes of the people of Al-Araqib since the beginning of this year, after demolishing them 11 times in 2023, 15 times in 2022, and 14 times in 2021, to push the villagers into frustration and despair and displace them from their lands.

The people of Al-Araqib insist on staying and clinging to their land, and they re-erect their tents every time, made of wood and a nylon cover, to protect them from the intense heat in the summer and the extreme cold in the winter, and to confront plans to uproot and displace them from their land.