Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

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Expulsion log

The Civil Administration demolishes a house and confiscates a tent in the village of Qawawis in Masafer Yatta

4 September 2018

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Security forces in Qawawis, 3 September 2018. Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah, B’Tselem

On 19 August 2018, Civil Administration personnel handed Yusef Abu ‘Aram, from Qawawis, a stop-work order for a home where his family of eight were set to live. Yesterday, 3 September 2018, at about 4:00 A.M., Civil Administration, military and Border Police personnel arrived with a bulldozer and demolished the home which was still under construction. At around 10:30 this morning, 4 September 2018, Civil Administration personnel arrived again and confiscated a tent given to the family by the village council for temporary shelter following the demolition. The Palestinian village of Qawawis is located in an area from which Israel has been trying to expel local residents ever since the 1990s.