Identified individual: Raad Abu al-Qi’an, a heavy-machinery operator from the Bedouin town of Hura in the Negev region.
Company model: He worked for a private heavy-machinery contractor hired by the Israeli Ministry of Defense to provide excavation crews for structural clearance operations on the front lines.
Scope of operations: He was deployed with heavy earth-moving equipment alongside Israeli combat engineering units to carry out building demolitions and structural clearance operations in Lebanese villages and towns along the border front.
3. Bedouin and Druze Private Contractors
Reporting source: Investigations published by Haaretz cited testimonies from Israeli military reservists who confirmed that civilian contractors—particularly Bedouin and Druze workers and business owners—were deployed to border villages to carry out systematic demolition and leveling operations.
Financial data: According to investigative reports, the Ministry of Defense pays private contractors fixed daily rates or incentive-based fees ranging from 5,000 to 12,000 Israeli shekels (approximately $1,350–$3,200 USD) per day for each piece of heavy machinery, or based on the volume of structures being demolished.