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Israel destroys West Bank wells serving Palestinian herders
<article data-history-node-id="445423" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-destroys-west-bank-wells-serving-palestinian-herders" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-destroys-west-bank-wells-serving-palestinian-herders" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel destroys West Bank wells serving Palestinian herders</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>As first light reaches the scattered tents and animal pens of Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley, the silence is broken only by the cries of thirsty livestock waiting for water that no longer comes.</p> <p>Days after <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> forces destroyed three of the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Palestinian</a> community's main water wells, residents are scrambling to secure enough water for their families, crops and animals in one of the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/occupation" target="_blank">occupied</a> West Bank's driest regions.</p> <p>For 60-year-old Ali Bani Odeh, the destruction of the wells was more than merely the loss of infrastructure. A father of four and grandfather of 14, he has spent decades farming and raising livestock to support his family in Ras al-Ahmar.</p> <p>Now, like dozens of other families, he is uncertain how long they can continue living on the land without a reliable water supply.</p> <p>"Water is everything for us," Ali told Middle East Eye.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/they-want-make-us-leave-israel-destroys-west-bank-wells-serving-palestinian-herders">Israel destroys West Bank wells serving Palestinian herders</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Families haul water after wells in Ras al-Ahmar were destroyed (Mojahid Nawahda/MEE)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="57927517-7bc5-4c8b-b9f4-19d0317dbcf6" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/water-tank-gaza-3-august-2026-mee.jpg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Families haul water after wells in Ras al-Ahmar were destroyed (Mojahid Nawahda/MEE)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Families haul water after wells in Ras al-Ahmar were destroyed (Mojahid Nawahda/MEE)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <h3> </h3> </div> </div> </article>
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