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BEERSHEBA (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Thursday demolished a Palestinian home south of Beersheba, a Ma'an reporter said.

The house belonged to Muhammad al-Walidi from Bir al-Mashash village.

Israeli bulldozers also demolished a solar panel, water tanks and a fence surrounding the home, claiming that the structures were unlicensed.

Israeli authorities left a notice at the site which read "No approach - land belongs to Israel Land Authority," according to locals.

In early October, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home in the Negev village of Wadi al-Niem, leaving 10 people homeless.

In August, Israeli forces destroyed three Palestinian homes in the Negev.

The Israeli government in January approved the Prawer-Begin Bill, calling for the relocation of 30,000 - 40,000 Bedouin, the demolition of about 40 villages and the confiscation of more than 700,000 dunams of land in the Negev.

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On Thursday, October 24, the government representatives with a police force came again to demolish Bedouin houses in the Negev.

They demolished a house in Wadi El-Mashash (south of Ramat Hovav), one in Umm Mitnan (south of Arara), and one in the town of Segev Shalom.

The government representatives and the police force continued and demolished El-Arkib again.

They also uprooted tens of olive trees in Darijat (northwest of Kseyfa).


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