Occupied Negev, ALRAY - Israeli occupation authorities on Monday demolished the Palestinian village of Al-Araqib, located in occupied Negev desert, for the 215th time in a row.
Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by military bulldozers, broke into the village, forced its residents out and demolished it.
This is the fourth time the Palestinian Bedouin village has been razed by the Israeli occupation authorities since the beginning of 2023, after being demolished 15 times in 2022, and 14 times in 2021.
The Israeli occupation authorities has been razing Al-Araqib village since 2000 in a bid to drive the indigenous Palestinian community out of their homes and lands.
The village is inhabited by 22 Palestinian families who depend on grazing and farming for their livelihood.
