On Tuesday, 9 October 2018, at around 10:00
A.M., Civil Administration personnel, soldiers, Border Police and two
bulldozers arrived at Khirbet al-Halawah in the Masafer Yatta area in
the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished three dwellings, donated
to local residents by a humanitarian aid organization with European
Union funding. The demolition left 21 people, including 13 children,
homeless. The forces also confiscated four solar panel batteries and an
electrical box donated to the residents by COMET ME, with funding from
the Dutch government. Earlier this month, the Civil Administration and
military confiscated a tent in the community, leaving homeless a family
of six, including four minors. Ever since the 1990s, Israel has been
endeavoring to drive out the residents of Masafer Yatta.