Israeli demolitions force Palestinians to live in caves

The demolitions carried out by Israel since 2005 in the small village of Khirbet Tana, near Nablus, have forced hundreds of Palestinians to live in caves, lacking basic necessities.
A Palestinian family whose house is located in Area C of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was demolished by the military sit inside a cave.
A Palestinian family whose house is located in Area C of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was demolished by the military sit inside a cave they have turned into their home, near the village of Yatta, south of Hebron, on Aug. 10, 2020. - HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images
Fayza Hassan
Fayza Hassan

NABLUS, West Bank — On the eastern slopes of the town of Beit Furik near Nablus in the northern West Bank, Mohsen Aref, 43, lives in an ancient cave in the Khirbet Tana village.

Aref and his seven family members were forced to live a primitive life in a cave of two rooms, lacking basic necessities such as electricity and water services, ventilation and even sunlight.

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