On Wednesday, 10 August 2022, at around 5:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer at the town of al-’Auja in Jericho District. The forces demolished a residential tent of a family of eight, including three minors, a livestock enclosure, a livestock pen, a chicken coop and a tent used as a kitchen. That morning, at around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer at the community of Wadi al-Ahmar in the southern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished two seasonal residential shacks belonging to a family of seven, including five minors, who do not reside there during the summer.
On Monday, 8 August 2022, at around noon, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer at the al-Baruq area in the village of al-Buweib in the South Hebron Hills and demolished the home of a family of seven, including five minors.
On Monday, 8 August 2022, at around 4:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort at the community of Abu Shoushah near the town of al-Jaba’ in al-Quds District. The forces demolished a residential shack of a family of 12, including eight minors, a shack slated to house a young couple and a livestock enclosure. In addition, the forces demolished two livestock enclosures belonging to two other families numbering 22 people, including eight minors. The community is home to 20 families whose children attend schools in the towns of Jaba’ and a-Ram.
On 1 August 2022, at around 7:00 A.M., Jordan Valley Settlement Council personnel blocked the path of a forklift and a tractor with a trailer cart used to erect poles and spread nets in a banana grove east of the community of Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar. The council personnel summoned soldiers to the scene, who detained the driver and the owner of the vehicles for about six hours and then confiscated the vehicles, put them on a tow truck and led them to a military camp in the area.
On 31 July 2022, Jordan Valley Settlement Council personnel arrived at a quarry near the village of al-‘Auja in the Jordan valley and summoned soldiers to the scene. The soldiers confiscated a vehicle, cart and digger and led them to a military camp in the area.
On 28 July 2022, Jordan Valley Settlement Council personnel arrived with a military escort and an Israel Police vehicle at two vegetable stalls along Route 60, near the village of ‘Ein al-Beida and Bardalah, and confiscated the goods from the stalls, belonging to two Palestinian area residents. At the beginning of the month, the council personnel had already confiscated the goods of one of the vendors.
On Thursday, 28 July 2022, at around 12:20 P.M., soldiers erected a flying checkpoint between Khirbet al-Markaz and Khirbet Jenbah in Masafer Yatta and confiscated three vehicles. Members of the Palestinian-Israeli non-profit Comet-ME were traveling in one of the cars on their way to perform maintenance on solar panels in the community. In another car, a father was driving his six-year-old son back from an activity held by the YMCA at a school in Khirbet Jenbah for about 30 children from the two communities. The third car carried equipment used for the activity. The drivers were ordered to drive the vehicles to a military base in the area, where their passengers were detained until 4:00 P.M.
On 24 July 2022, Jordan Valley Settlement Council vehicles entered the community of Khirbet al-Farisiyah. Council personnel summoned soldiers to the scene who confiscated a truck transporting fertilizer to area farmers and led it to a military camp in the area.
On Monday, 25 July 2022, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer, digger, and truck to the community of Birin, northeast of the town of Yatta in Hebron District. The forces demolished the summer house of a family of six, including four minors. From there, the forces continued south to the village of al-Buweib in the South Hebron Hills, where they dismantled and confiscated a rest tent belonging to farmers. The forces then continued southeast to Khirbet Um Qusa, where they demolished the home of a family of six, including four minors, by power of Military Order 1797. The forces hurled two stun grenades at villagers who were protesting the demolition. In addition, the forces confiscated a minibus, ordered the driver to drive it to the settlement of Carmel and detained him.
On 24 July 2022, Jordan Valley settlements regional council personnel and soldiers who accompanied them chased Palestinian vehicles transporting water for watering flocks in al-Hadidiyah community. The forces confiscated two tractors and a water trailer and drove them to one of the settlements in the area.
On 22 July 2022, Jordan Valley settlement regional Council personnel arrived at the ‘Ein Shibli area while a digger was performing agricultural work and summoned soldiers to the scene. The soldiers confiscated the digger and ordered the driver to the settlement of Massu’a near the village of al-Jiftlik.
On 19 July 2022, in the afternoon, a vehicle of the Jordan Valley Settlement Council blocked the way of a water truck driver on his way to the Hamamat al-Malih area, where he was supposed to fill up water containers used by shepherds to water their flocks. The council personnel summoned soldiers to the scene, who confiscated the tanker and ordered the driver to drive it to a military camp near Khirbet Samra.
Demolition of homes in the town of Sa’ir. Photo by Nasser Nawaj’ah, B’Tselem, 5 August 2021
75 People, 47 of them minors, were left homeless by the demolitions
5 August 2021: Israel demolishes homes and agricultural structures near Jericho and Hebron
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Residents of the al-Ka’abneh Mu’arrajat community after the demolition. Photo by Iyad Hadad, B’Tselem, 5 August 2021
On Thursday morning, 5 August 2021, at around 6:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and a crane truck to the al-Ka’abneh community in Badu al-Mu’arrajat, west of Jericho. The forces dismantled and confiscated two tents that were home to a family of 10, including six minors, as well as two livestock pens belonging to the family. On 7 June 2021, the Civil Administration demolished structures owned by the family and by the father’s two brothers.
From there, the forces continued to another residential compound of the al-Ka’abneh tribe, where they demolished a shack that was home to 17 people, including 14 minors, and razed land around the house.
The forces then continued to the Ramon al-Mu’arrajat area. There, they demolished four ancient wells renovated in 2015 with funding by the Italian nonprofit GVC. The wells were used by 12 local families for drinking and farming.
That morning, around 7:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel also came with a military and Border Police escort and four bulldozers to the town of Sa’ir in Hebron District, where they demolished two two-story residential buildings, both unoccupied. At the end of the demolition, young Palestinians began throwing stones at the soldiers and police officers, who hurled tear gas canisters and fired rubber-coated metal bullets at them.
4 August 2021: Israel demolishes homes, shops and agricultural structures in Jordan Valley, near Jerusalem and in Sabastiya
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Demolitions in Hizma. Photo by Iyad Hadad, B’Tselem, 5 August 2021
On Wednesday, 4 August 2021, at 3:00 A.M., Jerusalem Municipality personnel came with a Border Police escort, a bulldozer and cranes to the village of Hizma northeast of Jerusalem, which lies mostly within Area C. The forces demolished 13 shops made of concrete with tin roofs, including a hardware store, an auto parts shop and a grocery store. They also demolished the fence of a nearby house and a car wash.
At 11:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and a bulldozer to the western side of Sabastiya, a town that lies northwest of Nablus. The forces demolished a tin-roofed concrete structure used for agricultural storage and a room used as a rest stop for farmers.
At midday, after carrying out demolitions in Khirbet Ibziq in the northern Jordan Valley, the forces continued south to the community of Zra’ ‘Awad (al-Mukasar), where they demolished a tin-roofed concrete structure belonging to a family of 15, including six minors.
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The family’s belongings after the demolition in al-Qanub. Photo by Nasser Nawaj’ah, B’Tselem, 4 August 2021
At around midday, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and a truck to the al-Qanub area, east of Sa’ir in Hebron District. They demolished a tent belonging to a family of eight, including four minors, and a water container for livestock.
At around 1:30 P.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort to the Wadi Rahal area south of Bethlehem and demolished a tin-rooefd structure used for storage and as a rest stop for farmers.
