ALBAWABA - Israeli forces demolished a primary school in the West Bank city of Hebron, raising tensions in a city with a mixed Palestinian-Israeli population.
Today Israel demolished a primary school in Masafer Yatta that had 23 pupils and three teachers.
— B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم (@btselem) November 23, 2022
This is part of a state effort to drive Palestinians out of the area by making their lives unbearable.
Expelling residents is a war crime. pic.twitter.com/l8MAGS9rMh
The Isfi Primary School in Isfi Al Fawqi, which is situated in Masafer Yatta to the south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, mainly served children from various villages in the surrounding area.
Israel demolished a Palestinian primary school today while it was in session.
“They think this will pressure people to leave.. so that they can ethnically cleanse Masafer Yatta.”
Latest for @AJEnglish #Palestine https://t.co/rAsbX9t4Mg— Zena Tahhan (@zenatahhan) November 23, 2022
Pleas and protests against the move by the Palestine Ministry of Education did not deter the Israelis from moving ahead with the demolition.
Today the ‘israel’apartheid occupation regime demolished a primary school in Masafer Yatta, Palestine that had 23 pupils and three teachers. This is part of ‘israel’’s effort to drive local semitic Palestinians out of the area by making their lives unbearable.#SaveMasaferYatta pic.twitter.com/JJx2RhnG3v
— Tunisians United For Palestine ???? (@PalesTunisians) November 23, 2022
Palestinians described the Israeli act as "heinous", saying it underlined Israeli plans to drive native Arabs out of the nearby old-age Palestinian villages, such as Al Maghayer, Al Abied, Touba, Isfi Al Fawqa, and Isfi Al Tihta.
