Military continues to evacuate Khirbet Humsah residents in sweltering heat, Civil Administration confiscates truck in a-Ras al-Ahmar
22 May 2019
This week, on Sunday, Monday and today, Wednesday, 22 May 2019, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military jeep to Khirbet Humsah in the northern Jordan Valley and ordered 15 families to vacate their homes, in keeping with the orders they were given on 8 May 2019. The forcible displacement proceeded despite the extreme heat in the area, with temperatures today reaching 42 degrees Celsius, and despite the Ramadan fast. Some of the families used tractors and trailers to leave, others left on foot. In addition, Civil Administration personnel also arrived at around 6:30 A.M. at nearby Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar, where they confiscated a truck owned by a resident of Tammun, on the claim that he was in a closed military zone. The Civil Administration officials told the truck owner to drive to the Saura military base and leave the truck there.