AhlulBayt News Agency - Israeli bulldozers on Tuesday, demolished the al-Araqib village in the Negev (Naqab) region inside the Green Line for the 97th consecutive time.
Head of the al-Araqib village Council Salim Abu Mdigem said in a statement that two bulldozers, backed by dozens of Israeli forces and vehicles, stormed the village and demolished it under the pretext it is one of the unrecognized villages.
Attouri said that the Israeli occupation authority had demanded the Bedouin families to pay millions of shekels in expenses for current and previous demolition works in their village.
He added that an Israeli court also imposed on the residents a penalty of 50,000 shekels on each day they spend on the land of their village.
The Bedouin village, which is unrecognized by Israel, face an ongoing demolition campaign that started on the morning of June 27, 2010.
Since then, demolition of its homes has been recurring each time the residents set up new tents and makeshift homes.
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