Ali Awad from Masafer Yatta experiences intense fear as Israeli settlers threaten violence. The residents are vigilant at night, alert for potential attacks from settlers. Daily life is overshadowed by anxiety over bulldozers signaling impending home demolitions. Since being designated a military training zone in 1981, approximately 1,200 residents have fought legal battles against expulsion. Recent decisions by Israeli authorities threaten to eliminate legal safeguards against demolitions, raising concerns about potential war crimes and humanitarian violations against the civilian population according to the UN.
Ali Awad, a 27-year-old from Masafer Yatta, described the constant fear in the village as masked Israeli settlers circle their homes, seeking violence.
Residents of Masafer Yatta are awake all night, fearing attacks from nearby Israeli settlers, with their homes constantly at risk of demolition by bulldozers.
The designation of Masafer Yatta as a military training zone since 1981 has led to ongoing struggles for the 1,200 residents against expulsion.
Recent Israeli legal decisions could facilitate the forcible transfer of residents, which the UN warns may be classified as a war crime.
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