Israeli forces have destroyed on Friday a village in the southern Negev region for the 123rd time.
Residents of al-Araqib village said that armed forces and riot police stormed into the village with bulldozers razing its remaining buildings to the ground.
The village home to around 220 people was first demolished on July 27 2010. Since then displaced residents have sought help from local activists to rebuild.
Israeli authorities regularly carry out demolition orders in the Negev arguing that these villages lack building permits but residents say it is impossible to obtain a permit to build legally.
Al-Araqib is one of some 45 “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in southern Israel that are under existential threat.
