In a statement dated February 16, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian (OCHA oPt) said a total of 43 structures were targeted, including ten homes, 25 animal-related structures and eight external kitchens.
OCHA added that nearly 60 people, including 38 children, permanently residing in the community were displaced, and another 35 residing there seasonally or having their livestock structures on this site, were otherwise affected.
Ein Ar Rashash, located in the Ramallah governorate, lies in an Israeli army-designated 'firing zone', and is "one of the 46 Palestinian Bedouin communities at risk of forcible transfer in the context of an Israeli 'relocation' plan", the UN agency said.
According to OCHA oPt, just since the beginning of 2016, Israeli occupation forces have destroyed or dismantled 283 homes and other structures across the West Bank, displacing over 400 Palestinians, more than half of them children.
More than 1,000 other Palestinians have lost structures related to their source of income. More than a third of the structures targeted since the beginning of the year had originally been provided as humanitarian assistance to families in need.
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