Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

2 October 2022 Ehmeir (al-Farisiyah)

Civil Administration and Jordan Valley regional settlement council confiscate tractor in northern Jordan Valley

On Sunday, 2 October 2022, at around 5:00 P.M., Civil Administration personnel came with representatives of the Jordan Valley regional settlement council and a military escort to Khirbet Ehmeir in al-Farisiyah, which lies in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces confiscated a tractor and ordered the driver to drive it to a military outpost near Khirbet al-Mazuqah, south of al-Farisiyah.

28 September 2022 Bardalah

Civil Administration confiscates two tractors north of Bardalah, northern Jordan Valley

On Wednesday, 28 September 2022, at around 3:00 P.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort to the area of al-Qa’un north of the village of Bardalah, in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces confiscated two tractors belonging to two area farmers, claiming they were in a “closed military zone”, and ordered the owners to drive them to a military camp near the settlement of Mehola.

21 September 2022 Ein Samia

Israel demolished three livestock enclosures, ‘Ein Samia, Ramallah District

On Wednesday, 21 Sept. 2022, at around 1:30 P.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort to the community of ‘Ein Samia in Ramallah District. The forces demolished three livestock enclosures that supported the livelihood of three families numbering 41 people in total.

21 September 2022 Kh. al-Marajem

Civil Administration confiscates shipping container and outhouse near Khirbet al-Marajim in Nablus area

On Wednesday, 21 Sept. 2022, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a crane truck at Khirbet al-Marajim, a community that lies near the village of Duma in Nablus District. The forces confiscated a shipping container and its contents – a washing machine, a refrigerator, an oven, tables and chairs – belonging to a Palestinian who bought land in the area, and funded by the Ministry against the Fence and Settlements in the Palestinian Authority. The forces also confiscated an outhouse and a power generator funded by the local council.

20 September 2022 Kh. Wadi al-Faw

Jordan Valley regional settlement council confiscates pickup truck and solar equipment in Kh. Wadi al-Faw, northern Jordan Valley

On Tuesday, 20 September 2022, at around 2:00 P.M., representatives of the Jordan Valley regional settlement council arrived at the community of Khirbet Wadi al-Faw, which lies south of Khirbet ‘Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley, and summoned soldiers to the spot. The soldiers detained the driver of a pickup truck who was transporting equipment for electrical works provided to the community by Comet-ME for use in residents' homes. In addition to holding the driver for several hours, they confiscated the truck and the equipment, which they ordered him to take to a military outpost near area community Khirbet al-Mazuqah.

20 September 2022 Kh. Jamrurah

Civil Administration demolishes family’s home and livestock enclosure in Khirbet Jamrurah, west of Tarqumya

On Tuesday, 20 Sept. 2022, around 11:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer at Khirbet Jamrurah, a community that lies northwest of the town of Tarqumya. The forces demolished a tent that was home to a family of six, four of them minors, as well as an outhouse and a shack that served as a livestock enclosure.

19 September 2022 Abu Shousah

Civil Administration demolishes homes of two families in Abu Shoushah community in al-Quds District and confiscates agricultural structures

On Monday, 19 Sept. 2022, at around 4:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a Border Police escort and a bulldozer at the community of Abu Shoushah, which lies near the town of al-Jaba’ in al-Quds District. The forces demolished a shack that was home to a family of 12, including eight minors, that was built with funding by Acted. The forces also demolished three water containers, as well as a tin shack and a wooden structure that served as livestock enclosures. In addition, the forces demolished a shack that was home to a family of five and a shack that served as a livestock enclosure, and confiscated a trough and two tables. The forces also dismantled and confiscated a tent that was used for storage, and confiscated three other tents before they were erected. All four tents were donated to the two families by the al-Quds District in the Palestinian Authority.

19 September 2022 Ein a-Duyuk al-Foqa

Civil Administration demolishes family’s seasonal home and agricultural structures in Jordan Valley

On Monday, 19 Sept. 2022, at around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with soldiers, Border Police and a bulldozer to an area west of ‘Ein a-Duyuk al-Foqa and demolished structures belonging to two families, who live in the area seven months a year and were not there at the time. In one family’s compound, the forces demolished a residential shack, another shack that was used as a barn, a kitchen structure, a bathroom structure, a chicken coop, a water container and a 200-meter-long barbed wire fence surrounding the compound. They also uprooted five trees. In the second family’s compound, the forces demolished a shack that served as a livestock enclosure. From there, the forces continued to the al-‘Awasaj farm south of the town of al-‘Auja in Jericho District, where they were joined by more soldiers and two trucks, one of them bearing a crane. The forces dismantled and confiscated four tents and a barbed wire fence about 300 meters long.