28 August 2023 Kh. Jenbah
On Monday, 28 August 2023, in the afternoon, activists from the village of Jenbah in Masafer Yatta, visited schools in the area. Upon returning to the village, at around 2:00 P.M., soldiers and Civil Administration personnel arrived, confiscated seven jeeps owned by village residents and drove them to a nearby military base.
22 August 2023 Kh. Jenbah
On Tuesday, 22 August 2023, at around 7:00 P.M., soldiers detained a resident of the community of Kh. Jenbah in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, while he was driving his car at the entrance to the community. The soldiers searched the car and confiscated it, claiming it had entered a firing zone. They ordered him to drive the car to a base the Israeli military had established about one kilometer away from the community.
21 August 2023 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta
On Monday, 21 August 2023, at around 6:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and bulldozers at ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho, and demolished the homes of two families numbering 14 people in total, including six minors, as well as two livestock enclosures and a shed belonging to one of the families. They also destroyed four water tanks. Both families were left homeless. The forces also demolished a house under construction designed to house a family of eight, including six minors, and two vacation homes, one under construction, owned by two families from East Jerusalem and located some two kilometers away.
20 August 2023 Kh.al-Halawah, Kh. Jenbah, Kh. al-Fakhit
On Sunday, 20 August 2023, at around noon, soldiers came to a home in the community of Kh. al-Halawah in Masafer Yatta and confiscated the family’s car, claiming the owners drive workers who have no permits to Israel. A soldier drove the car to a military base near the community of Kh. Jenbah. On Tuesday, 22 August 2023, around 8:00 P.M., soldiers detained a resident of the community of Kh. Jenbah, who was driving in his car near the community, claiming he was driving in a “closed military zone” and confiscated the car. A soldier drove the car to a military base near the community. On Thursday, 24 August 2023, at around 4:00 A.M., soldiers detained a resident of the community of Kh. al-Fakhit, who was on his way home, claiming he was driving in a “closed military zone” and confiscated the car. The soldiers instructed the man to drive the car to a base near the community of Kh. Jenbah, which he did.
20 August 2023 a-Duqaiqah
On Sunday, 20 August 2023, in the early afternoon, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort at the village of Kh. a-Duqaiqah in the South Hebron Hills and confiscated a cement mixer owned by a construction company that was used for road repair work in the area. Civil Administration personnel ordered the driver to drive the truck to the main road, where they loaded it onto a tow truck and drove it away.
18 August 2023 a-Duqaiqah
On Friday, 18 August 2023, in the afternoon, soldiers arrived at the road that leads to the village of Kh. a-Duqaiqah in the South Hebron Hills, while the owner of a digger was carrying out road repair work. The soldiers called a representative of the Civil Administration, who confiscated the digger and drove it away.
17 August 2023 Kh. Humsah a-Tahta
On Thursday, 17 August 2023, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort, a bulldozer and a truck at the community of Kh. Humsah a-Tahta in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces dismantled and confiscated a prefabricated structure donated by the ACTED organization to a family of seven, including five minors, after the Civil Administration demolished its seasonal home in the same area on 24 July 2023. In addition, the Civil Administration confiscated an outhouse owned by the same family.
17 August 2023 Ein Samia
This morning, 17 August 2023, about three months after residents of 'Ein Samia were forced to abandon their homes and lives in the community which lies northeast of Ramallah, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort, proclaimed the site a closed military zone and demolished the school community residents built in early 2022. The forces confiscated all the equipment inside the school as well. On 22 May 2023, the last remaining residents of the community, which numbered 200, were forced to leave their homes after Israel had made their lives unbearable, in part through settler violence. According to UN figures, the 'Ein Samia community school was one of 44 schools in the West Bank under threat of demolition, eight of them in East Jerusalem. About 4,800 students attend these schools.
9 August 2023 a-Deirat
On Wednesday, 9 August 2023, in the afternoon, soldiers arrived in a military jeep at the village of Kh. a-Deirat in the South Hebron Hills while employees of an electric works company owned by residents of Khallet al-Mayah we making repairs to electric grids using a crane truck. The soldiers ordered them to stop their work, claiming they needed a permit, and called a representative of the Civil Administration. The representative arrived three hours later, confiscated the crane truck and ordered the driver to drive it to the settlement of Pnei Hever.
9 August 2023 al-Hadidiyah
In the late afternoon on Wednesday, 9 August 2023, settlers arrived in a Jordan Valley regional settlement council vehicle at the pastureland east of the village of al-Hadidiyah in the northern Jordan Valley, where two of the village’s residents were grazing their flocks. The settlers summoned soldiers who confiscated the two cars owned by the shepherds on the pretext that they had driven into forbidden territory. The soldiers drove them to a nearby military post.
7 August 2023 Kh. Jenbah
On Monday, 7 August 2023, in the late afternoon, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort at Kh. Jenbah in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills, and confiscated a generator residents were using to renovate a cave they live in. The Civil Administration personnel took the generator to the settler outpost of Havat Talia, established near the community.
6 August 2023 al-Qabun
After repeated attacks and threats by settlers and having been left with no other choice, the Bedouin community of al-Qabun, located east of Ramallah, abandoned its homes this week. Most members of the community, numbering 12 families numbering a total of 86 people, including 26 minors, have left already, and the rest are currently packing up and getting ready to follow suit. The community has lived at the current site since 1996. In February of this year, settlers took up residence near it. Al-Qabun residents say that recently, settlers have been coming into the community, walking around their homes, arriving on horseback and in tractors late at night to provoke and intimidate the families. The settlers have also taken over the community’s farm fields and prevented them from grazing their flock on their land. Read more...
