Palestinians living in 1948 Occupied Palestine started the reconstruction of the unrecognized Umm al-Hiran village days after the Israeli forces knocked down the village and killed a Palestinian resident.
According to local sources donated mobile homes were delivered to the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the southern Negev region of Israel on Saturday afternoon ten days after Israeli authorities demolished more than a dozen Palestinian structures in the community.
The first makeshift home arrived from the Arara village as part of a campaign aiming to rebuild Palestinian homes in Umm al-Hiran.
Food parcels and much-needed items including winter blankets have also been handed over to the Palestinian natives of Umm al-Hiran most of whom have been taking shelter in ramshackle makeshift tents.
Recently Palestinian popular committees in the Green Line said three makeshift homes will be delivered to Umm al-Hiran so as to house homeless Palestinian families after the Israeli forces knocked down 12 Palestinian homes and eight agricultural structures.
Last week Palestinian instructor Yakoob Abu al-Kiaan was shot dead by the Israeli police in the area triggering widespread furor.
Umm al-Hiran committee had called for rebuilding the destroyed houses on Friday and for raising funds to boost the reconstruction process.
On Friday and Saturday a group of Palestinian youths from Dir Hanna village helped rebuild a home in the area despite the harsh weather conditions. Other volunteers from al-Tiba Sikhnin Araba and al-Rama villages showed up at the scene and took part in the reconstruction works.
