By Ahmed Asmar
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli bulldozers demolished 15 homes in the Bedouin village of Arab al-Mask in southern Israel on Wednesday, displacing an entire community of some 100 residents, Palestinian media said.
The village is one of the Arab Bedouin communities unrecognized by Israel in the Negev region.
According to the official news agency Wafa, the demolition followed a decision by the Be’er Sheva District Court ordering the evacuation and destruction of all residential structures in the village.
Witnesses said that Israeli authorities also destroyed tents and livestock pens in the Wadi Fa’i area in the southern Negev region.
In the Negev area, there are 35 villages that are unrecognized by the Israeli authorities, whose residents were expelled from their homes in 1948. Any building activity there is considered illegal and is subject to demolition.