Israeli army to proceed with Masafer Yatta drills despite Palestinian outrage
Israeli army to proceed with Masafer Yatta drills despite Palestinian outrage
The Israeli army will use weapons including rocket-propelled grenades, tanks and machine guns in the month-long military exercises, despite protests from fearful Palestinian residents.
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The exercises will be the largest in the area for 20 years [Getty]
The Israeli army willÌýbegin military exercises in the occupied village of on Tuesday,Ìýdespite opposition from fearful Palestinian residents.
Rocket-propelled grenades, tanks, machine guns, bulldozers and other types of heavy weapons and machinery will be used in the military exercises, which will take place fromÌý12-6pm local time,Ìýreported Haaretz.
The drill, which will continue for a month,Ìýwill be the largestÌýin 20 years,Ìýthe newspaper said.
Some 1,200 Palestinians from Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, risk being expelled from their homes to make way for an Ìýafter a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel's highest court.
The ruling opened the way for one of the largest displacements since Israel captured the territory in the 1967 Middle East war. Palestinian residents are refusing to leave, hoping their resilience and international pressure will keep Israel from carrying out the expulsions.
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