BEERSHEBA (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished a mosque under construction in the Bedouin village of Wadi al-Niam near Beersheba, locals said.

Heavily guarded bulldozers entered the village accompanied by dozens of Israeli police officers from the southern command and demolished the foundation of the mosque.

Labbad Abu Affash, a local committee chief, told Ma'an that Israeli forces demolish part of a home or other structure in the village every week.
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"There has been a vicious crackdown against our village in an attempt to force us to move to the town of Shaqib al-Salam instead of recognizing our village which is home to 14,000," Abu Affash said.