HEBRON, September 8, 2026 (WAFA) – Israeli forces demolished homes and sheep pens on Tuesday in the Khirbet al-Fakheit community in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, injuring several Palestinians with tear gas.

Local sources reported that Israeli forces demolished 10 homes and animal shelters in the northern part of the community, including tin structures, sheds and sheep pens belonging to the families of Samir al-Hamamdeh, Issa Ismail al-Hamamdeh, and Hisham Ismail al-Hamamdeh. The forces also assaulted residents and fired tear gas canisters at them, causing several people to suffer from suffocation.

The sources added that Israeli forces destroyed water tanks, sanitation units and solar panels providing electricity to the community, and filled in a water well.

Masafer Yatta and its communities and hamlets have been subjected to a widespread demolition campaign aimed at forcibly displacing residents from their land, expanding settlement outposts established there, and seizing grazing and agricultural lands.

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