The Palestinian community in the West Bank was demolished for the sixth time in the New Israel-Palestine conflict

Israeli forces have demolished the Bedouin Palestinian community of Humsa al-Baqai’a in the Jordan Valley, including structures provided by the international community.

At least 65 people, including 35 children, have been displaced, said Christopher Holt of the West Bank Protection Consortium, a group of international aid agencies that help residents in the European Union.

The demolition left the village houses, mostly earning a living by grazing 4,000 sheep, homeless again. In the past the EU has helped the people rebuild after previous demolitions.

According to the Oslo Accords, the Jordan River, which accounts for 60% of the occupied West Bank, is classified as Area C, which is where Israel has full military and civilian control.

It was demolished for the sixth time since November 2020, when – according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) 83 – the structures were destroyed in the largest single demolition incident recorded in recent years.

Some temporary housing and farm facilities were provided by the European Union. Humsa al-Baqai’a has received material support from the West Bank Protection Consortium, which was set up to prevent the violent transfer of Palestinians to the occupied West Bank.

Holt said his family refused to leave the area.

“We understand what happened this morning when the Israeli military entered the community around 9am and demolished the entire community, including eight residential structures, animal shelters and agricultural structures,” he told Al Jazeera.

“The Israeli forces tried to transfer the families by force. It is illegal because it is an occupied territory and the families have refused it. It is very serious to scale.”

The #Palestinian The Bedouin community of Humsa Al Bqai’a is located in area C in the north #JordanValley #WestBank, mostly in an area designated as a “firing range” for Israeli military training, where Palestinian residence or access is prohibited. 2/6 pic.twitter.com/s5s4Kjh131

– OCHA oPt (Palestine) (@ochaopt) July 7, 2021

An Israeli security official said the government has been in discussions for months with residents and has offered an alternative site in the area. An official who was not allowed to speak in public told The Associated Press about the offer of the new location.

Under international law, it is strictly forbidden for an occupying power to transfer members of the employed population from their communities against their will.

Last February, Israeli forces also confiscated water tanks in the neighborhood making demolitions on the previous two occasions in the same month, leaving the community without drinking water and water for its livestock.

Today the Humsa al-Baqai’a family has no shelter from the 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) of the Jordan Valley in the highest heat.

The cruelty and malice of the cruel occupation of Israel and the contempt for the lives and livelihoods of the Palestinians really surface when Palestinian houses are demolished at 39 degrees heat in Khirbet Humsah in the Jordan Valley. ???? Abu al-Kabash family v @btselem pic.twitter.com/kV16pa2zyU

– Joseph Willits (@josephwillits) July 7, 2021

The town is one of 38 Bedouin areas located in a field that was partially or completely designated as an Israeli shooting range.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the designated “shooting ranges” are nearly 30 percent of Area C, where 6,200 Bedouins live.

These communities are among the most vulnerable in the occupied West Bank and have limited access to basic services such as water, sanitation, electricity, education and health services.

Palestinian houses in the Jordan Valley are being demolished, according to Israeli authorities, which were built without permission.

The area of ​​the Jordan Valley in Palestine covers about 395,368 hectares (160,000 hectares) 38 settlements are inhabited by about 13,000 Israeli settlers. Meanwhile, about 65,000 Palestinians live in 34 communities.