Israeli police forces arrested Wednesday eight Palestinians of Al-Atayqa family in Negev south of Israel.
Palestinian sources said the eight detainees were rounded up for refusing to evacuate their houses in Rahat city for settlement expansion.
Last November Israeli forces stormed Rahat city and demolished a house and a workshop belonging to the family under the pretext of being built without permit.
Few weeks later Israeli police also demolished a number of buildings belonging to the same family and arrested a number of its members including an employee in Rahat municipality.
Israel plans to build several new Jewish communities after displacing thousands of Palestinian citizens from Bedouin villages.
A new report has revealed how 2752 structures were demolished in Bedouin Palestinian communities in the Negev over the last three years part of what human rights activists have described as an ongoing concerted campaign of displacement by Israeli authorities.
