All I have under rubble

WEST BANK: 'I HAVE ONLY MY CLOTHES' AS ISRAEL BULLDOZES ENTIRE HAMLET

- Khallet Al-Dabaa

Standing in the rubble of what used to be his home, Palestinian farmer Haitham Dababseh cleared stones to make space for a tent after Israeli army bulldozers destroyed his village in the occupied West Bank.

Residents of Khallet al-Dabaa and other hamlets in the West Bank's Masafer Yatta region have for years contended with violence from Israeli settlers and repeated demolitions.

But the bulldozers that descended on Khallet al-Dabaa on Monday carried out "the biggest demolition we've ever had", said Dababseh, razing to the ground the hamlet that is home to about 100 Palestinians.

Israeli forces "came here in the past, they demolished three times, four times", the 34-year-old farmer said, but never entirely destroyed a hamlet this size.

"I just have my clothes. Everything I have is under the rubble."