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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 342

unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev

Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj, who regularly publishes in the Qatari-owned Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, draws an Iranian tank carries a gigantic missile launcher, which only ends up ejecting a small drone carrying a miniature rocket, August 10, 2024. (screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 15, 2024, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 15: Day 314 – Doha talks underway, while Arab cartoonists mock Iran
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian reports on all fronts of IDF operations and a finalized US arms sale to Israel; reporter Gianluca Pacchiani on lack of shelters for Negev Bedouin
By ToI Staff
Bedouin volunteers paint a concrete rocket shelter installed the day before in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Khiran, southern Israel, on December 7, 2023 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)
August 14, 2024, 4:55 pm
As Iranian retaliation looms, thousands of Bedouins still vulnerable to rockets 
Four months after girl, 7, is sole victim of Iran attack, unrecognized Negev communities’ residents fear for their lives amid persisting lack of rocket shelters and Iron Dome cover
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Bashir Ziyadne, 28, at the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, holding images of his second cousin Youssef Ziyadne and Youssef's son Hamza, taken hostage by Hamas, June 27, 2024. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
July 4, 2024, 8:45 am
‘We challenge the narrative that Hamas are good Muslims,’ says Bedouin hostages’ relative
Bashir Ziyadne has been lobbying for the release of two family members held in Gaza, protesting the Israeli government’s perceived inaction and the Arab world’s indifference
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Amina Hassouna, the seven-year-old Bedouin girl injured in the April 14 drone and missile attack from Iran, at Soroka hospital in Beersheba, May 2024 (courtesy)
June 3, 2024, 6:10 pm
After weeks in hospital, Bedouin girl wounded in Iran attack makes TV appearance
7-year-old Amina Hassouna speaks in front of camera hours before her fourth surgery, while her struggling family faces repeated demolition orders
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Police accompany Real Estate Enforcement Division tractors as they bulldoze the Wadi al-Khalil neighborhood in the southern Bedouin village of Umm Batin, May 8, 2024. (Israel Police)
May 9, 2024, 10:27 am
Authorities level 47 illegal homes in Bedouin village, leaving hundreds homeless
Government yet to start construction on alternative housing, and residents object to moving to new neighborhood due to threats from rival families
By Michael Horovitz
Mohamad Hassouna, who resides in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Al-Fura, stands in a building near where his 7-year-old daughter Amina was injured by an Iranian missile shard in the southern Negev desert on April 14, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
May 2, 2024, 10:30 pm
Demolition order issued for home of Bedouin girl hurt in Iran attack, later scrapped
News outlet reveals measure targeting home of seriously injured 7-year-old Amina Hassouna of Al-Fura, sparking backlash on social media and reported rescinding of order
By ToI Staff
Mohamad Hassouna, who resides in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Al-Fura, sits in a building near where his 7-year-old daughter Amina was injured by an Iranian missile shard in the southern Negev desert on April 14, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
April 15, 2024, 5:39 pm
‘We have no shelter,’ says Bedouin dad of girl, 7, badly hurt by shrapnel in Iran attack
In Negev Desert, unrecognized Bedouin villages suffer dire lack of protection against rocket attacks, from the Gaza Strip and elsewhere
By AFP and Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, December 23, 2013. (Flash90)
April 14, 2024, 1:47 pm
Young girl seriously hurt in Iran attack remains in life-threatening condition
7-year-old girl from Bedouin community in south sustained head injury when shrapnel from intercepted ballistic missile fell directly on her home
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Bedouin men and children rest in a tent in a Judean desert village, October 26, 2019. (Sara Klatt/Flash90)
March 7, 2024, 8:51 am
Schoolkids in unrecognized Bedouin villages exposed to carcinogenic diesel generators
As legal advocacy organization gears up to challenge state in High Court petition, Jewish and Bedouin activists unite to show that clean, green tech is a better and viable answer
By Sue Surkes
Bedouin volunteers paint a concrete rocket shelter installed the day before in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Khiran, southern Israel, on December 7, 2023. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2023, 1:10 pm
Unrecognized Bedouin village gets its first-ever rocket shelter, as war rages
Umm al-Hiran, like many vulnerable Negev communities, lacks infrastructure – including critical protection from missiles – and is at risk of displacement
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Ali Ziyadne showing an image on his phone of his brother Youssef and his nephews Bilal and Hamza, kidnapped by Hamas and taken hostage in Gaza on October 7, Rahat, October 30, 2023. (Eli Katzoff / Times of Israel)
November 2, 2023, 12:57 am
In Rahat, a Bedouin community mourns its October 7 losses away from the public eye
21 Bedouins were killed and 6 were abducted; while families of some hostages have launched campaigns, Bedouins have no representative on world stage – and don’t seem to want one
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Wounded Israelis arrive at the Soroka Medical center in Beersheba, southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
October 15, 2023, 3:55 pm
‘We’re in this together.’ To Hamas, all citizens are targets, say Arab Israelis
As the country grapples with the escalating aftermath of Hamas’s onslaught, Arab citizens share their shock, pain, loss – and some concern for a repeat of the 2021 riots
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A camel being seized during a police operation in the Negev desert, Sept. 1, 2023. (Israel Police Spokesperson)
September 1, 2023, 3:02 pm
Seven Bedouin arrested for involvement in illegal camel races in IDF firing zone
Footage of the races shows dozens of camels, trucks and all-terrain vehicles crossing army zone at high speed
By ToI Staff
A handout photo from police shows a police cruiser and other emergency vehicles after a Bedouin man was shot dead in southern Israel, January 13, 2022. (Israel Police)
January 13, 2023, 10:18 pm
Murder probe launched after Bedouin man shot dead in south
Police say victim, identified as a deaf and mute father of 8, was apparently struck by a stray bullet fired in dispute between rival clans
By ToI Staff
Police officers at the scene of a car chase with kidnappers in the south on December 12, 2022. (Israel Police)
December 12, 2022, 9:34 pm
Police rescue kidnapping victim after car chase through south
East Jerusalem man, 22, located bound and beaten, after being held as part of apparent ransom plot, authorities say; 5 arrested
By ToI Staff
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