**On the beginning of May 2025**, the village of Al-Sirr, located in the Naqab (Negev) region, has experienced large-scale demolition operations carried out by Israeli occupation bulldozers. Al-Sirr, also known as Qasr al-Sir (Arabic: قصر السر), (The village appears in English sources under several spellings: Al-Sirr / Al-Sir / Al-Serr / Qasr al-Sir) is a Bedouin village located in the Negev desert of southern Israel, approximately 3 kilometers west of Dimona and adjacent to Highway 25. The village covers an area of 4,776 dunams (approximately 4.776 km²) and had a population of 2,867 as of 2022. ### **Timelines of events** **On August 18, 2025**, Israeli authorities demolished homes belonging to the Abu Jadoua family and and facilities belonging to the Nasayra family in the unrecognized village of Al-Sir, on the outskirts of the Bedouin town of Shaqib al-Salam in the Naqab region. The demolitions, carried out under heavy police presence. Critics, including Adalah and local advocacy groups, denounce the demolitions as systemic discrimination and land dispossession. They argue that “development” initiatives such as the Negev Development Plan—framed as modernization—serve primarily to clear Indigenous Bedouin from their land to make way for Jewish colonies, agritech hubs, and relocated military bases, while excluding Bedouin villages from recognition or investment. **On August 26, 2025**, Israeli bulldozers demolished seven homes, under heavy police protection. The 1,500 residents, haves already seen over 60 demolitions in recent months, with more than 200 additional homes slated for destruction following a court-ordered evacuation. **On September 7-9, 2025**, Residents of Al-Sirr, a village of about 1,500 people in the Negev, were forced to self-demolish 15 homes and two sheds over the past two days, with fears that Israeli authorities could carry out further demolitions affecting around 30 more homes and impose heavy fines. Some residents refuse to comply, disputing the promised compensation of 250,000 shekels for self-demolished buildings, citing its ineffective application in other villages. The Bedouin Resettlement Authority provides no practical solutions after demolitions. In recent months, over 60 homes and agricultural facilities in Al-Sirr have already been demolished, with plans to remove more than 200 homes following a Beersheba court decision. **On September 11, 2025,** Israeli police forces demolished more than 25 homes and set several others on fire. The destroyed homes belonged to the Abu Adwan, Al-Kharoumi, and Al-Dabbari families. Dozens of residents, including women, children, and the elderly, were left homeless in the open after the demolitions. Local sources reported that heavily armed Israeli police units secured bulldozers and demolition crews during the operation, which also saw the uprooting of olive trees, burning, and leveling of homes. The police forces are expected to continue large-scale demolitions, targeting dozens more inhabited homes in the area. **On September 17, 2025**, early in the morning a large numbers of Israeli l forces, accompanied by heavy bulldozers, are storming Al-Sir village to carry out demolition orders against Palestinian-owned homes and shops. Israeli authorities and Police and bulldozers razed ~40 structures.Footage shows bulldozers uprooting olive trees in the village. Clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinian residents protesting the demolition of homes in Al-Sir village in occupied Al-Naqab. Bedouin rResidents burned down several houses in protest against the demolition orders set to be carried out by Israeli forces in the morning. ******** ### **The ethnic cleansing pattern** **Apartheid by infrastructure isolation** Despite being officially recognized by the Israeli government in 1999, Al-Sirr faces significant infrastructural challenges. The village lacks connection to the national electricity grid, water system, and waste removal services. Residents rely on solar panels for electricity and must pipe water from a connection point on the main water pipe. Additionally, most roads in the village remain unpaved. **Demolition pressure on the Bedouin community** In November 2023, Israeli demolition vehicles began tearing down 18 homes belonging to the Al-Walidi family in Al-Sirr. This action is part of broader policies affecting Bedouin communities in the Negev, where many villages, including Al-Sirr, face threats of demolition and displacement due to lack of formal planning and infrastructure. Since the start of the Netanyahu government, over 5,000 homes and facilities in the Negev have been demolished. In 2024 alone, over 4,000 Bedouin structures were destroyed, part of a demolition surge of 400% linked to state plans for Jewish settlement expansion and military-industrial projects in the south. The campaign targets the displacement of residents from 38 unrecognized villages, affecting around 90,000 people, to confine them to recognized towns and pave the way for new colonial settlements. Despite longstanding ancestral ties, these communities remain excluded from national planning schemes, leaving them without electricity, water, or infrastructure. **Geographical and political issues** The Negev (النقب in Arabic, הנגב in Hebrew) is a vast desert region located in southern Israel, covering about 60% of Israel’s territory. It's fully under Israeli administration since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. It is considered by Israel—and widely recognized internationally—as sovereign Israeli territory (unlike the West Bank, Gaza, or East Jerusalem, which the UN considers occupied territories).The Negev is not considered a “disputed territory” in UN resolutions, but Bedouin land rights and forced relocation policies have drawn strong criticism from human rights organizations. Population: Mostly Jewish in the cities (Beer-Sheva, Dimona, Eilat), but also home to a significant Arab Bedouin population, some of whom live in unrecognized villages facing land disputes and forced evictions. Israeli government development and industrial projects in the area have created tensions with local Bedouin communities. So, from the standpoint of international law, the Negev is part of Israel (not under military occupation), but there is an internal dispute over land use and Bedouin rights. **A slow Nakbah* On March 2025, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, fiiled a motion for the Israel’s Supreme Court challenging the forced eviction of over 500 Palestinian citizens from the Bedouin village of Ras Jrabah in the Naqab to expand the Jewish city of Dimona. They argues the displacement constitutes racial segregation and violates Israeli constitutional and international law. Residents, members of the Al-Hawashleh tribe who have lived on the land for generations, offered to be integrated into Dimona, but authorities insist on relocating them to Qasr Al-Sirr, a Bedouin-only town. Adalah and Bimkom proposed alternatives to incorporate Ras Jrabah into Dimona, but these were rejected. Critics say the refusal to consider alternatives exposes a discriminatory agenda tied to Israel’s broader policy of land appropriation and forced displacement. Adalah warned that the plan reflects the 2018 Jewish Nation-State Law, which prioritizes Jewish settlement and entrenches systemic inequality. This occured 2 months before the village of Al-Sirr was under demolition order.

Maghayer Al-Dir, also known as Mughayyir al-Deir, is a small Bedouin Palestinian shepherding village in Area C located in the central West Bank, east of Ramallah, east of the Allon Road and is surrounded by Israeli settlements such as Ma'ale Mikhmas and the outpost Mitzpe Dani. It was one of the last Palestinian community remaining in the area before its displacement. Masked and unmasked settlers inflicted violence, creating a climate of terror and dehumanization. Israeli settlers used psychological Warfare tolding Palestinians to come toward them while shooting, then beat and humiliated them once they complied. After this forced displacement, no residents remain in the area between Ramallah and Jericho, except for two other communities: M’arajat and Ras Al-Auja. The entire village was depopulated, 25 houses lost, approximately 150 residents displaced. For many, this was their second displacement (originally expelled in 1948 from Be’er Sheva area). **Timeline of the ethnic cleansing** On May 18, 2025, Israeli settlers establish an illegal outpost (just a basic shelter and sheep pen) within 100 meters of a Palestinian home — a new, more aggressive tactic. On May 21–22, 2025: Confrontations escalate. Settlers violently attack residents and activists. The entire village flees. On May 23, 2025: Maghayer Al-Dir is fully emptied. All 25 families (~150 people) are displaced.Villagers lost homes, sheep, donkeys, and personal possessions. Maghayer Al-Dir is now completely depopulated : the residents fled to Wadi Al-Siq, itself previously emptied in October 2023. Settlers began provocations the same day residents were dismantling the last homes, signaling a deliberate attempt to claim abandoned land. **The Settler Violence & Theft:** - Settlers attacked villagers and activists with clubs, rifles, and stones and kicks while victims lay on the ground - Phones, wallets, keys, cameras, and bags were stolen or smashed. - At least three settlers fired guns, including M16s and pistols. - Settlers arrived on trucks and ATVs, in a clearly coordinated escalation. - Israeli army briefly intervened but then left, allowing settlers to resume attacks. - One settler was injured and lost consciousness; another fired into the air with a pistol. - More than 25 armed settlers participated in the attack. - The Livestock was theft (e.g., sheep and donkeys) was used as a tactic to claim land. - Video evidence shows a settler boasting: “Thank God we’ve driven everyone out … Here too there will be Jews.” - Survivors were “hunted” across a valley by Israeli settlers with pistols, rifles, and batons. - Settlers used drones to track fleeing people. **Victims:** 10 people were hospitalized, including: - A 14-year-old Palestinian boy (Omar), beaten with a club and left bleeding for over half an hour. - 8 other Palestinians - 1 Israeli activist and photographer (Avishay Mohar) who was severely beaten and robbed **Israeli authorities role** - The MK Zvi Sukkot came on the ground, just before the attack to support the settlers. - The Israeli army arrived late, only after significant violence had occurred. - The Israeli Civil Administration had issued a stop-work order for the outpost on May 18 — it was ignored. - Settlers claim impunity: “We’re the government,” one resident was told. -Sanctioned Settlers Present : Neria Ben Pazi and Zohar Sabah, both under UK sanctions, were involved in the broader campaign, though not directly in the physical attack described. British sanctions were imposed on settler leader Neria Ben Pazi, who was seen patrolling the village before the attack. - Despite early police and army presence, no meaningful protection was provided to Palestinians. “This is not done by crazy settlers. It’s a state project.” - Evidence of systematic coordination: phone calls to bring more settlers; deliberate weaponization of settler narratives to justify violence. **Wider Context:** - Since October 2023, over 60 Palestinian shepherding communities have been displaced in the West Bank. - At least 14 illegal settler outposts have been built on or near these ruins. - Settlers have seized over 786,000 dunams (~14% of the West Bank) via herding outposts. - Outposts are part of a state-backed settler strategy to control and annex Area C. **According to of Hasan Mleihat, spokesperson for the al-Baidar organization for the defense of Bedouin rights in Palestine** Israeli settlers have displaced 62 out of the 212 Bedouin communities in the West Bank since October 2023. These include 12,000 out of the roughly 400,000 West Bank Palestinian Bedouins. “It is a wholesale ethnic cleansing campaign of exclusively Bedouin communities, which has been happening far away from the media’s attention”. 8 families from Mughayyir al-Deir moved to the industrial zone of Beitunia, south of Ramallah. The rural Bedouin tents and sheep barracks add an almost surreal contrast to the polluted industrial and urban landscape. “There is nowhere to graze here; we are in the city, and not in the best part of it. We’re located between a dumpsite, a factory, and a cemetery,” said Ahmad. “We used to have a life, and it has come to an end. I can’t be a shepherd anymore, and I don’t know how we will live our lives from now on.”  *A part of the Maghayer al-Deir Bedouin community relocated to Beitunia outside of Ramallah. (Photo: Qassam Muaddi/Mondoweiss)* **Testimony of Mistaclim Activist group:** "The residents of the Bedouin shepherds community of Mughayyir Al-Dir received a "surprise" that has become all too familiar to Palestinian shepherd communities in Area C, and increasingly even in Area B, in recent years: settlers had established a new outpost nearby. What does a “new outpost” look like? A few shade nets, fences, a herd that were brought to the site, and most importantly a handful of young settlers guarded by armed militia members. This time, the outpost was set up a few dozen meters from the community's homes. In a report that was published in Haaretz about the outpost’s establishment, one of the settlers in the new outpost was quoted saying: “This is the only place that's left. That’s it, thank God we kicked everyone out, including you along with them.” >> The settler was referring to the fact that Mughayyir Al-Dir is now the only Bedouin community still living in the area, after a wave of expulsions that began in the summer of 2022 expelled the neighboring communities. In January 2024, we published a post about the community of Mughayyir Al-Dir, as part of a series highlighting communities at risk of imminent expulsion due to settler violence. Much of that violence stems from the isolated and violent settlement of Maale Michmash and the chain of ultra violent outposts surrounding it. We recommend revisiting that post for a deeper understanding of what has been unfolding in the area over recent decades and especially since October 7, 2023. As in many other cases, the new outpost is being built on a plot of land that was registered as state land during the Jordanian era, land that the State of Israel later looted and handed over to the criminal Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. We can assume that this council is behind the establishment of the new outpost. And what does the army have to say to the Haaretz reporter in response to settlers setting up an outpost just meters away from an isolated and battered Palestinian community? “The area does not encroach on the area where the Bedouins live”. For anyone still in doubt about the army’s role in the expulsion of Palestinian shepherd communities in the West Bank, here is yet another clear example." 📷 Documentation Photographer Avishay Mohar (B’Tselem) managed to hide memory cards documenting the attack before being assaulted

Around 10:45 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the apartment of the Abu Al-Rous family in Hamad City, Khan Younis, killing at least two members of the family. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Ahmad Muhammad Abu Al-Rous 2. Nabila Abd Wafi Abu Al-Rous

Around 6:30 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of young men who were volunteering to dig a water well in the vicinity of a school/shelter in Al-Saftawi area in North Gaza, killing seven of them. Graphic footage from the scene showed at least three bodies gruesomely shredded, including one person beheaded and another blow in half. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Ibrahim Muhammad Ismail Khilla 2. Ismail Muhammad Ismail Khilla 3. Tariq Ziad Tanboura 4. Anas Ramadan Shanan 5. Fawzi Nafidh Al-Dada 6. Hassan Mohammad Abu Warda 7. Awni Muhammad Abu al-Nour

Around 2:15 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted the house of Al-Barrawi family in the vicinity of Ansar mosque in Beit Lahia, killing at least 11 people. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Thaer Nabil Al-Barrawi 2. Aalaa Warsh Agha (Thaer's wife) 3. Thaer's three sons 6. Mohammad Nabil Al-Barrawi (Thaer's brother) 7. Mohammad Nabil's four sons 11. Mohammad Talal Al-Barawi

Starting May 18, 2025 in the early morning hours, the Israeli military launched several attacks at and around the Indonesian hospital in North Gaza. The hospital has been repeatedly attacked and destroyed by Israel's previous three ground invasions of North Gaza. Early morning, the IDF had intensified **strikes around the hospital**, causing panic among patient and medical staff, and leading companions of some sick and injured to **flee** the hospital transporting the latter **in their hospital beds**, as seen in footage captured on the ground. Press sources reported that at least **two people were injured while trying to evacuate**. Israeli tanks and bulldozers continued advancing until they effectively surrounded the building. Around **9:30 pm**, Israeli **tanks** started **firing directly** at the building, imposing a **siege until late night**. At the time, there were 55 people inside, including 4 doctors and 8 nurses. All contact with the medical teams had been lost. Around an hour later, the troops had demolished the northern wall of the hospital. In addition, it was reported that an Israeli drone had **killed one of the injured** inside.  *Funeral prayer for the killed patient on the next morning The Indonesian Hospital had not been subject to any evacuation orders before Israel attacked it. The IDF vehicles withdrew from the immediate vicinity of the hospital around midnight, but continued their attacks in the periphery. ### May 19: The following day, Israeli troops continued carrying out strikes in the vicinity. At 9 pm, Israeli troops directly struck the hospital's generators, setting them ablaze and destroying them, and causing a black-out.  ## May 20: The Israeli army opened fire in the early morning hours.  At 1:30 pm, the Israeli army stormed the hospital. By doing so, and after it had demolished the roads and homes surrounding Al-Awda hospital and forcing the medical staff at Kamal Adwan hospital to leave, Israel had effectively put all three remaining hospitals in North Gaza out of service.

An afternoon drone airstrike targeted a group of people near Abu Salim Mosque in Deir al-Balah, killing at least three people. Footage of the massacre scene includes traces of the impact of a drone-launched ordnance. The following day, the Muezzin of the mosque and Quran Hafiz, Muhammad Hassan Hanideq, succumbed to injuries, raising the death toll to four.

Around 4 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Sainfat al-Khair warehouse in Deir al-Balah, killing and injuring at least a dozen people. Eye witnesses reported that the massacre was carried out with a drone airstrike. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Sanad Ahmad Kamal Shaheen (26 y/o) 2. Fares Mahmoum Al-Ashram (27 y/o) 3. Youssef Barakat Abu Mandil (19 y/o) 4. Sameh Khaled Abu Miri (35 y/o) 5. Amin Hilmi Abu Amra 6. Bilal Nabil Bashir 7. Sobhi Iyad Bakhit 8. Majdoleen Abdulkarim Abu Samak (47 y/o)

Around 3:15 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Abu Libda family house in Deir al-Balah, killing nine members of the family. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Muhammad Ayesh Abu Libda (38 y/o, professional football goalkeeper) 2. Ahmad Ayesh Abu Libda (33 y/o, Muhammad's brother) 3. Shaimaa Ayesh Abu Libda (30 y/o, Muhammad's sister) 4. Muhammad Jihad Al-Sharif (3 y/o, Shaimaa's son) 5. Safaa Fouad Abu Libda (35 y/o) 6. Ayesh Muhammad Abu Libda (10 y/o, Muhammad's son) 7. Ahmad Muhammad Abu Libda (12 y/o, Muhammad's son) 8. Qusay Muhammad Abu Libda (one week old baby, Muhammad's son) 9. Siwar Muhammad Abu Libda (4 y/o, Muhammad's daughter)

At midday, an Israeli airstrike targeted a civilian car near Al-Fukhari School in Al-Fukhari town, east of Khan Yunis, killing a grandfather and his three grandsons. The grandfather, Atwa Abdullah Al-Ammour was a previous captive in Israeli prisons. Around two hours later, the Israeli army bombed the house of Atwa destroying it completely. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Atwa Abdullah Al-Ammour (grandfather) 2. Mohammad Abdullah Atwa Al-Ammour (grandson) 3. Rafiq Abdullah Atwa Al-Ammour (grandson) 4. Kinan Abdullah Atwa Al-Ammour (grandson) 5. Atwa Abdullah Al-Ammour (grandson, succumbed to injuries on the next day)