Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday morning demolished al-Araqib village in the southern Negev area for the 124th time.
Local sources reported that Israeli bulldozers escorted by a large police force stormed the village in the early morning hours forced the residents out of their houses and demolished them. Al-Araqib residents were left without shelter in the biting cold.
The last time al-Araqib houses were demolished was on 28th December 2017. The Israeli authorities are seeking to remove the Palestinian people of al-Araqib from their lands in preparation for Judaizing the area.
Al-Araqib is one of 40 Palestinian villages in the Negev which Israel wants to uproot in favor of settlement expansion projects that fall in line with a displacement plan called “Prawer”.
