HEBRON, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today posted an order to seize the entrance to At-Tuwani locality, south of Hebron, according to a local activist.

Fouad al-Imour, a local anti-colonization activist, said that Israeli forces posted a military order, taking over the entrance to the locality, which also leads to Masafer Yatta.

Under the military order, some 180 square meters of land belonging to the Abu Sabha and Rab‘I families are seized.

Located 14 kilometers south of Hebron, At-Tuwani locality consists of two hamlets, and together with Masafer Yatta, a collection of almost 19 hamlets, cover 37,500 donums, and rely heavily on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood.

Recently, Israel’s top court gave the army the green light to forcibly expel some 1,300 Palestinians living in twelve villages or hamlets making up the Masafer Yatta area, which relies heavily on animal husbandry as the main source of livelihood, marking one of the largest expulsions carried out by the State of Israel in recent decades.

Located in Area C of the West Bank, under full Israeli administrative and military control, the area has been subjected to repeated Israeli violations by settlers and soldiers targeting their main source of living - livestock.

It has been designated as a closed Israeli military zone for training since 1980s and accordingly referred to as Firing Zone 918.

Israeli violations against the area include demolition of animal barns, homes and residential structures. Issuance of construction permits by Israel to local Palestinians in the area is non-existent.

K.F.