HEBRON (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Wednesday handed eviction notices and 26 demolition orders to residents of a hamlet in the southern West Bank, a local official said.

Israeli troops ordered the demolition of 10 homes, six wells, four bathrooms, four sheep pens and two traditional ovens in Khallet Athaba, east of Yatta, spokesman for the hamlet Mahmud Hamamdeh said.

Residents were ordered to evacuate al-Dabi by April 7, Hamamdeh said, adding that the villagers had 50 acres of olive trees planted over 25 years ago.

Around 55 people live in the homes threatened with demolition, he added.