Communist Party of Israel
Israeli forces once again wreaked havoc on Wednesday morning, February 3, in the small Arab Bedouin hamlet of Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa, southeast of the city of Tubas in the northern part of the occupied Jordan Valley, dismantling all the tents and other structures in the community. Local residents reported that Israeli forces had cordoned off the community before they raided it and entirely dismantled the Palestinian-owned dwellings. The next day, Thursday, February 4, Israeli troops stormed the community and prevented activists from rebuilding shelters for the some 85 residents whose tents were demolished 24 hours earlier and were left without cover to protect them from the intense cold of the desert nights. The village of Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa has been the target of numerous demolitions by Israeli authorities during the past decade, the most recent previous one having been on November 3, 2020, election day in the United States (see earlier posts,…
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Occupation Forces Trash Tents, Structures in N. Jordan Valley