An-Najah News -  Heads of Mission and representatives from the European Union,visited two Palestinian communities in the villages of Umm al-Kheir and Khirbet al-Majaz, in the South Hebron Hills and warned against Israeli demolitions and evictions in these communities.

 ِAccording to a press release by the EU Representative's office During their visit, the diplomats met with residents, local and civil society representatives, and were briefed about the constant threat of demolition, eviction, and dispossession facing the local Palestinian communities.

 Interlocutors presented the challenges facing the inhabitants of twelve traditional Palestinian villages in the area of Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills who, for the last two decades, have lived under the constant threat of demolition, eviction, and dispossession, said the press release.

The EU and like-minded countries are providing assistance to both of the communities visited today, it said.

The European Union Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff. "We call upon Israel not to carry out demolitions in the said communities, which are highly vulnerable. Displacing the communities would be in contravention with Israel's obligations as an occupying power under international humanitarian law," he added.