On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer at the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished two agricultural structures belonging to a family from the village.
On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer and a truck at the village in a-Tuwani in the Shafa Yatta area of the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished an agricultural structure belonging to a family from Khirbet al-Fakhit whose house had been demolished about two weeks earlier, along with the homes of two other families, as well as other structures.
24 May 2022عرب الرماضين الجنوبي, Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi, 'Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi
On Tuesday, 25 May 2022, at around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village of ‘Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi in Qalqiliyah District and demolished a mosque under construction.
23 May 2022عين الديوك التحتا, Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta
On Monday, 23 May 2022, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village in ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta in the Jordan Valley. The forces demolished two homes under construction owned by a family from the ‘Aqbat Jaber Refugee Camp in Jericho that were intended to serve as vacation homes for rent.
16 May 2022عين الديوك التحتا, Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta
On Monday, 16 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer at the village of ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. The forces demolished a vacatation house belonging to a family from East Jerusalem, as well as a water container and solar panels.
On Monday, 16 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., soldiers arrived at the southern part of the village of al-’Auja, which lies north of Jericho, and dismantled a watermelon stand by Route 90. The operation of the stand supported a family of six.
15 May 2022خ. المالح, خ. ام الجمال, Kh. al-Malih, Kh. Um al-Jmal, Kh. al-Malih (Hamamat al-Malih), Kh. Um al-Jamal
On Sunday, 15 May 2022, at around 1:00 P.M., Jordan Valley Settlement Council employees arrived with a military escort to fields near the communities of Khirbet al-Malih and Khirbet Um al-Jamal while Palestinian farmers were harvesting their crops. The forces confiscated a harvesting machine used by the farmers and a vehicle belonging to one of the farmers for three hours to prevent them from continuing their work. The force then returned the harvesting machine to its owner but ordered the farmer whose vehicle had been confiscated to drive it to a military post near Khirbet Samrah.
On Thursday, 12 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer to Marj Na’jah in the Jordan Valley and demolished an agricultural pool lined with plastic sheets containing about 1,000 cubic meters of water intended for irrigation. The irrigation water stored in the pool had gone to waste.
On Wednesday morning, 11 May 22, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village of a-Tuwani in the Safa Yatta area, where they demolished a house under construction intended for a family of nine, including seven minors. The forces then continued to Khirbet al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta and demolished six structures the residents had rebuilt after the Civil Administration demolished them in January: the homes of three families numbering 24 people in total, including 15 minors, as well as two livestock enclosures and a storage shed. After that, the forces continued to Khirbet al-Markez, also in Masafer Yatta, where they demolished five structures: the homes of four families from one extended family, numbering 14 people in total, including four minors, as well as a livestock enclosure. On 4 May 22, Israel’s High Court of Justice approved the forcible transfer of more than 1,000 residents of Masafer Yatta whose area of residence was declared “Firing Zone 918” by the military.
On Monday, 9 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer to the community of Khirbet ‘Einun, east of Tubas. The forces a house intended as a seasonal home for a family from Tubas by power of Military Order 1797. From there, the forces continued south to Furush Beit Dajan, where they destroyed a greenhouse, also by power of Military Order 1797.
2 May 2022العوجا, العقبة, al-A'uja, al-'Aqabah, al-'Auja, al-'Aqabah
On Monday, 2 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and equipped with a bulldozer to the village of al-‘Auja in the Jordan valley. The forces demolished a house under construction intended to house a family of eight, including four minors, and destroyed the access road leading to it. The forces then continued north to the village of al-‘Aqabah, where at 10:00 A.M., they delivered demolition orders pursuant to Military Order 1797 for two newly completed homes intended to house two families numbering 12 people in total, including eight minors. The forces also delivered a demolition order for a kilometer-long agricultural road.
12 April 2022بردلة, Bardalah, Cardalah, Bardalah, Cardalah
On the morning of Tuesday, 12 April 2022, personnel from the Israel National Water Company, Mekorot, arrived at the village of Bardalah in the northern Jordan Valley with armed security guards and a bulldozer. They searched for irrigation pipes Palestinian farmers had connected to Mekorot water infrastructure, found four, and disconnected them. Drilling by Mekorot has dried out Palestinian wells in the Jordan Valley. While the company does supply water to the villages of Bardalah and Kardalah, the supply falls short of agricultural needs. Mekorot uses the same wells to provide settlers with enough water for intensive cultivation.
The Civil Administration demolishes five residential shacks in the Jericho area, leaving 23 people, 11 of them minors, homeless
Today, 3 June 2020, around 7:00 A.M., about 15 military jeeps escorted by a crane truck and a bulldozer came to Abu Dahuk community in the Deir Hajla area of Jericho. The forces demolished five residential shacks of an extended family and another structure it used as a kitchen, leaving 23 people, 11 of them minors, homeless. In addition, the forces confiscated three water containers, six solar panels, four air conditioners, two refrigerators and shade sails, belonging to the same family.
The family lived for 30 years at a site, about ten kilometers east of the current one. On 20 January 2020, the military handed the family a stop-work and demolition order and expelled from their previous place of residence on the grounds that it is a closed military zone.
The Civil Administration Demolishes eight residential Structures and an agricultural structure in various communities in the South Hebron Hills
Today, Wednesday, 3 June 2020, around 7:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with an escort of Border Police officers, military jeeps, a bulldozer and a digger to Khirbet al-Mufaqarah in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished a tent that served as a residence for a family of two . Later on, the forces continued east to the Mughayir al-‘Abid community and demolished a tent used for agricultural purposes.
From there, the forces continued south to Khirbet al-Fakhit, where they demolished a tent that served as a residence for seven people, three of them minors. Finally, the forces continued south to Khirbet al-Markez, where they demolished six residential buildings, four of which were tin-covered cinderblock structures and two tents. The six structures housed 35 people, 25 of them minors. The structures were built with financial aid from the European Union.
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Demolition of a residential building in Khirbet al-Markez. Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah, B'Tselem, 3 June 2020.