Israeli forces stormed the village and began evicting residents from their homes, threw their personal belongings outside and then proceeded to demolish the homes.
Residents of Abu Nuwar and protesters attempted to block construction equipment from advancing as military bulldozers, backed by Israeli forces, stormed the village.
Daoud Jahaleen, a spokesperson for Bedouin community said the community is home to 687 Palestinians, 65% of them are children.
Abu Nuwar is located near several Israeli settlements along a road leading to the Dead Sea.
Activists are concerned continued Israeli settlement construction in the area could effectively divide the West Bank in two.
In February, Israeli bulldozers razed the only school in the Bedouin community, which is surrounded by two Israeli settlements, Ma'ale Adumim and Kedar.
For years, the Israeli government has tried to dismantle the Abu Nuwar community to make way for its massive E1 settlement project in East Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, the UN decried Israeli plans to demolish the community of Khan al-Ahmar Abu al Helu, another Bedouin community near Jerusalem.
Describing Israel’s planning policy as “discriminatory” and incompatible with international law, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell explained that “most properties are considered illegal” because planning permits are not granted to Palestinians in the area.
Israeli authorities seek to expel some 10,000 Bedouin residents of the E1 zone, which sits on roughly 15 square kilometers of land northeast of Jerusalem AlQuds to build Jewish-only residential units linking Jerusalem AlQuds to the Ma’ale Adumim settlement.
