Airplanes spray herbicides over the crops of three Bedouin villages and destroy some houses

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Event #1513 Airplanes spray herbicides over the crops of three Bedouin villages and destroy some houses
Date: Thursday, 15 Jan 2004
On January 15th 2004 three airplanes sprayed poison from the air on crops around the Negev. Among the crops sprayed are the crops of el Tori from the village of el Araqib. Salem abu Mdieghem's house in el Araqib was destroyed too. (Source)

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el-Araqib (al-Araqeeb/al-Arakib/al-Araquib/al-Araqib)

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