‘They destroyed us’: Palestinian family sleeps in the open after demolition

Ein el-Hilweh, occupied West Bank – Adel Daraghmeh lies on his side on a thin mattress laid straight onto the dusty ground, one arm flung out, a sandal hanging half off his foot. “We don’t sleep, we barely drink, we barely eat,” he says weakly.Above him, a patchwork of dark tarpaulins and old blankets is tied together between a few bent wooden poles – the only thing standing between his family and a sun pushing past 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in the early afternoon.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Burn in hell’: Israeli settlers spread hate through graffiti, attackslist 2 of 3Israeli government accused of complicity as settlers demolish Jericho homeslist 3 of 3Israeli raids, arrests continue as UN warns West Bank at ‘breaking point’end of listThey are homeless again – their home destroyed days before by an Israeli bulldozer despite a court injunction they believed protected them. Beside him, his wife, Kheirieh, sits on a chair, a small plastic cup of water cradled in both hands.About 30 metres up a slope, a settler-built fence now cuts across the hillside, cutting Adel and his brothers off from land their flocks grazed for generations. Past the fence,...