An Israeli security official said on Tuesday that the Palestinian village of Susya located to the south of al-Khalil city will be evacuated within a few months just like the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar.
Haaretz newspaper reported quoting the unnamed official that the Israeli war ministry is not willing to postpone and will immediately ask the court for eviction.
The paper pointed out that representatives of “the state” have repeatedly requested to postpone the demolition of the village due to the diplomatic sensitivity related to its evacuation.
The village is home to 32 Palestinian families consisting of 200 individuals 93 of whom are children. Susya contains the village council building a clinic a small kindergarten and a school of 55 students from grades 1 through 9.
Israel’s war minister Avigdor Lieberman has revealed earlier that his ministry is preparing to evacuate the Palestinian villages of Khan al-Ahmar and Susya claiming that their residents do not have legal building permits and that the two villages receive direct support from international organizations and the European Union.
