The Israeli authority on Wednesday demolished two Palestinian homes in impoverished towns in the Negev desert and displaced their residents at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Local official Atiya al-Asam said that an Israeli bulldozer escorted by police forces knocked down a mobile home in the Bedouin village of al-Zarnouk which Israel plans to evacuate its natives to Rahat city and build a Jewish-only town in its place.
Asam told Quds Press that the authorities demolished another house in Wadi al-Ni’am village which Israel seeks to transfer its residents to Shaqib al-Salam town southeast of Beersheba.
He added that an elderly woman aged about 100 was living alone in that house affirming that the Israeli authorities razed her home without any consideration to her age and poor health condition.
The official pointed out that the Israeli authorities recently escalated the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Negev at the behest of Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu who announced the launch of a frenzied demolition campaign against Palestinian homes in Israel in response to the evacuation of Jewish settlers from the illegal outpost of Amona in the West Bank.
