JERICHO, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists seized today a Bedouin community near Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, and forced its residents to leave.

Activist Abu Imad Al-Jahalin said that a group of colonists stormed Bir Al-Maskoub Bedouin community near Khan Al-Ahmar, seized tents and agricultural crops, and forced the residents of the community to leave.

He added that seven families from the said community had no choice but to leave their homes as a result of a sharp rise in almost daily attacks and violence by Israeli colonists.

According to data issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OCHA) in 2017, 46 Bedouin communities will be at risk of forcible displacement in the central West Bank.

According to the United Nations Office, around 26 of these communities are located in the Jerusalem Governorate and inhabited by 4,856 Bedouins who face harsh living conditions in terms of basic services such as water and electricity, in addition to the difficulty of reaching educational and health centers.

Malihat said the displacement of the Bedouin community is a bad omen for other Bedouin communities across the occupied West Bank, who are exposed to a higher risk of displacement and ethnic cleansing as a result of settler attacks.

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