Israeli forces ‘erase’ Palestinian village in West Bank (VIDEO)

Residents of Khirbet al-Tabban say homes, animal pens, and water supplies were destroyed, leaving nearly the entire community homeless Israeli forces have demolished nearly an entire Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, destroying homes, animal shelters and water infrastructure and leaving dozens of residents without shelter.RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij reports from Khirbet al-Tabban in Masafer Yatta, in the South Hebron Hills, where locals say the demolitions came without warning and lasted for several hours.”What happened was the erasure of this village from existence,” local council head Nidal Younis told RT.According to Younis, homes belonging to 12 families were destroyed, along with rainwater collection wells and small water tanks. Nearly all of the roughly 70 people living in the community were left homeless.Resident Suad Mohammad Obeid said her family tried to save its belongings, only for much of what they moved to be crushed during the operation. Seven members of the family are young children. Much of Masafer Yatta has been designated by Israel as a military training zone since the 1980s. Palestinians fought for decades to remain on land they say their families in...