Israeli forces demolished several homes and structures in Khashem al-Daraj village to the east of Yatta, near Hebron, on Wednesday. A local activist reported the buildings were said to have been "built without a permit".
A large body of Israeli troops escorted demolishion machinery to Khashem al-Daraj. The village was raided, cordoned off and then bulldozers proceeded to demolish several homes and structures belonging to al-Hathalin tribe, Rateb Jabour, coordinator with the National Committee against Wall and Settlements told Wafa.
Head of the Local Council, Ibrahim al-Hathalin, condemned the demolition as "an arbitrary and retaliatory action that is part of an Israeli plan to displace the Palestinians as a prelude for expropriating their lands for settlement construction." He evoked the villagers' fears that more home demolishions would ensue.
The village remains in a critical need for the paving of new roads and the construction and installation of new water networks and reservoirs. In terms of agriculture, the village is in a pressing need for rehabilitation of agricultural roads, building cisterns and construction livestock barracks, according to ARIJ.
Also on Wednesday in the city of Hebron local sources reported that an Israeli settler ran over a child.
Sources said that 6-year-old Mohammad al-Jabari was run over by an Israeli settler while driving his car in the city, causing the child multiple injuries. Al-Jabari was transferred to hospital for medical treatment.