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Israel demolishes homes of 4 families in Wadi a-Siq, leaving 24 Palestinians, 14 of them minors, homeless

On Thursday, 8 December 2022, at around 6:45 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a Border Police escort, a bulldozer and two crane trucks to the community of Wadi a-Siq east of Ramallah. The forces dismantled and confiscated tents that were home to four families numbering 24 people in total, including 14 minors, leaving them homeless. The forces also demolished three tents and a livestock pen, vandalized a water tank and confiscated two solar panels and two generators belonging to two of the families. Additionally, they demolished two tents that two other families used as livestock pens.
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The possessions of one of the families after the demolition. Photo: Iyad Hadad, B’Tselem, 3 Oct. 2022
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Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel has acted in a coordinated and deliberate manner to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip, committing genocide against its residents. In light of Israel’s actions in Gaza, the public statements made by Israeli decision-makers, and the international community’s failure to take effective action, there is a serious risk that the Israeli regime will expand the genocide to other areas under its control—first and foremost, the West Bank.
B’Tselem calls on the Israeli public and the international community to use every tool available under international law to bring an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.