Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

14 November 2022 Tarqumya

Israeli forces demolish homes of two Palestinian families and six tents farmers use for resting, damage water containers and solar panels, and confiscate truck in Tarqumya, Hebron District

On Monday, 14 November 2022, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer to the neighborhood of a-Taybah in the town of Tarqumya. The forces demolished a shack that was home to a family of five, including three minors, and vandalized three solar panels and four generators belonging to the same family. They also demolished a shack that was home to a young couple, and vandalized six water containers and three solar panels the couple owns. In addition, the forces demolished six tents that farmers use for resting, and confiscated a truck that was transporting tents donated to the farmers by the Palestinian Authority’s National Commission against the Wall and the Settlements.

13 November 2022 Arab al-'Anani wa al-Jabour

Israel demolishes three residential tents, leaving three Palestinian families homeless in community of ‘Arab al-‘Anani wa al-Jabour, Salfit District

On Sunday, 13 Nov. 2022, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and a bulldozer to the community of ‘Arab al-‘Anani wa al-Jabour, which lies near the village of Deir Ballut in Salfit District. The forces demolished three residential tents and left three families numbering 15 people in total, seven of them minors, homeless. They also demolished three livestock enclosures belonging to the same families. The community of ‘Arab al-‘Anani wa al-Jabour consists of seven families numbering 35 people in total, 17 of them minors. The residents live permanently on the site, in tents, and live off shepherding. Their children attend school at Deir Ballut.

9 November 2022 Khalet al-Furn

Israeli forces confiscate three containers used for agriculture and tin roof in Palestinian community of Khallet al-Furn, South Hebron Hills

On Wednesday, 9 November 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came to the community of Khallet al-Furn in the South Hebron Hills and confiscated three containers that a family of five used for agriculture. About two hours later, the forces went to the area between Khallet al-Furn and the community of Birin, where they dismantled and confiscated a tin roof that a farmer had added to an old agricultural structure on his land.

3 November 2022 'Arab al-Fureijat

Israeli forces demolish livestock enclosure, water container and fence in Palestinian community of ‘Arab al-Fureijat, Hebron District

On Thursday, 3 November 2022, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer to the community of ‘Arab al-Fureijat in Hebron District. The forces demolished an outhouse, a fence around a plot of land and a water container, all belonging to a family of 13. They also demolished a livestock enclosure belonging to a Palestinian citizen of Israel.

3 November 2022

Civil Administration again forces families from Khirbet Humsah al-Foqa in Jordan Valley out of homes citing military training needs

On Thursday, 27 October 2022, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived at the community of Khirbet Humsah al-Foqa in the northern Jordan Valley with a military escort. The residents were forced to relocate after Israel demolished their community in July 2021. The forces handed six families with a total of 41 members, including 27 minors, orders to evacuate their homes for four days, on 1-3 November and on 9 November, between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., to make way for military training near their homes. Military training in the communities’ territory is a deliberate harassment of their residents in an attempt to drive them out of the area. The last evacuation of community residents on the pretext of training occurred in July 2022. The training eventually took place at a large distance from the community, and since only the men who take care of the flock remain in the community during this season, they just removed the flock from it.

31 October 2022 al-Baq'ah (Hebron), Um Lasafa

Civil Administration demolishes two structures still under construction set to house 43 people, one in the village of al-Baq’ah and the other in the community of Um Lasafa, Hebron District

On 31 October 2022, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came to the village of al-Baq’ah, Hebron District, with a military and Border Police escort. The forces demolished a three-story building, still under construction, set to house three families with a total of 30 members, including 20 minors. The forces then continued south, to the community of Um Lasafa, where they demolished a house that was still under construction and was to be the future home of a family of 13, including three minors.

25 October 2022 al-Jawaya, Kh. Wadi Ejheish

Civil Administration demolishes six seasonal residential tents and two tents used as livestock enclosures in South Hebron Hills

After the Civil Administration demolished a home under construction in Bani Na'im, the forces carried on to the community of al-Jawaya, southeast of the town of Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, where they demolished two tents used as livestock enclosures. The forces then went to the community of Kh. Wadi Ejheish, southeast of the village of a-Samu’ in the South Hebron Hills, where they destroyed six seasonal residential tents belonging to five families with a total of 24 members, including 11 minors. During the demolition, the forces fired tear gas canisters at residents who gathered at the site to try and stop the demolition.

25 October 2022 Bani Na'im

Civil Administration demolishes family home still under construction in Bani Na'im

On Tuesday, 25 October 2022, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and two diggers at the southern neighborhood of the town of Bani Na’im, located in an area known as a-Nabi Yakin Tomb, in Hebron District. The forces demolished a two-story building under construction set to house a family of 10, including five minors. During the demolition, the forces fired tear gas canisters and live bullets and threw stun grenades at local residents who had gathered at the site in an attempt to stop the demolition. The forces also beat and arrested one of the locals.

24 October 2022 Kh. Wadi al-Faw

Settlement regional council of Jordan Valley confiscates solar power generation system belonging to the community of Kh. Wadi al-Faw in the northern Jordan Valley

On Monday, 24 October 2022, at around 10:30 A.M., officials from the Jordan Valley Regional Council, representing Israeli settlements in the area, came with a military escort to the community of Kh. Wadi al-Faw, south of Kh. ‘Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley. The council officials and soldiers confiscated a trailer and a solar power generation system that had been given to the community by COMET ME. On 20 September 2022, soldiers confiscated equipment intended for the same solar power system, as well as the pickup truck transporting it, after settlement council representatives summoned them there.

16 October 2022 Kh. 'Atuf

Civil Administration orders about 350 trees uprooted in the area of Um Kbeish, south of Khirbet ‘Atuf in the northern Jordan Valley

On Sunday, 16 October 2022, farmers in the area of Um Kbeish, south of Khirbet ‘Atuf, found “Warning of Required Evacuation” orders in their plots of land. The orders related to about 350 trees, some of them olive trees, planted in an area of about 100 dunams, claiming the land is state land. On 6 October 2022, Civil Administration personnel placed an order to uproot some 140 trees in an olive grove in the area, based on the same claim.