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Israel demolished nine family homes in Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe', Masafer Yatta, and declared the area a closed military zone

On Wednesday, 11 June 2025, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and Border Police officers and equipped with a bulldozer, arrived at the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe' community in Masafer Yatta. The forces demolished the homes of four families, numbering 32 people, including 22 minors, as well as residential tents erected by five other families, numbering 16 people, including five minors. These families had set up the tents after the Civil Administration demolished their homes and most of the structures in the village in early May. The forces also demolished two kitchens, two outhouses, two water tanks, and a barbed-wire fence belonging to the first two families. All nine families were left without shelter.

On 26 May 2025, settlers established a new outpost near the remaining homes and tried to drive the residents out. On 1 June 2025, the military declared the area a “closed military zone,” expelled all the activists staying there to protect the residents, and dismantled the outpost.

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