On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer at the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished two agricultural structures belonging to a family from the village.
On Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer and a truck at the village in a-Tuwani in the Shafa Yatta area of the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished an agricultural structure belonging to a family from Khirbet al-Fakhit whose house had been demolished about two weeks earlier, along with the homes of two other families, as well as other structures.
24 May 2022عرب الرماضين الجنوبي, Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi, 'Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi
On Tuesday, 25 May 2022, at around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village of ‘Arab a-Ramadin al-Janubi in Qalqiliyah District and demolished a mosque under construction.
23 May 2022عين الديوك التحتا, Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta
On Monday, 23 May 2022, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village in ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta in the Jordan Valley. The forces demolished two homes under construction owned by a family from the ‘Aqbat Jaber Refugee Camp in Jericho that were intended to serve as vacation homes for rent.
16 May 2022عين الديوك التحتا, Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta
On Monday, 16 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer at the village of ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. The forces demolished a vacatation house belonging to a family from East Jerusalem, as well as a water container and solar panels.
On Monday, 16 May 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., soldiers arrived at the southern part of the village of al-’Auja, which lies north of Jericho, and dismantled a watermelon stand by Route 90. The operation of the stand supported a family of six.
15 May 2022خ. المالح, خ. ام الجمال, Kh. al-Malih, Kh. Um al-Jmal, Kh. al-Malih (Hamamat al-Malih), Kh. Um al-Jamal
On Sunday, 15 May 2022, at around 1:00 P.M., Jordan Valley Settlement Council employees arrived with a military escort to fields near the communities of Khirbet al-Malih and Khirbet Um al-Jamal while Palestinian farmers were harvesting their crops. The forces confiscated a harvesting machine used by the farmers and a vehicle belonging to one of the farmers for three hours to prevent them from continuing their work. The force then returned the harvesting machine to its owner but ordered the farmer whose vehicle had been confiscated to drive it to a military post near Khirbet Samrah.
On Thursday, 12 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer to Marj Na’jah in the Jordan Valley and demolished an agricultural pool lined with plastic sheets containing about 1,000 cubic meters of water intended for irrigation. The irrigation water stored in the pool had gone to waste.
On Wednesday morning, 11 May 22, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers at the village of a-Tuwani in the Safa Yatta area, where they demolished a house under construction intended for a family of nine, including seven minors. The forces then continued to Khirbet al-Fakhit in Masafer Yatta and demolished six structures the residents had rebuilt after the Civil Administration demolished them in January: the homes of three families numbering 24 people in total, including 15 minors, as well as two livestock enclosures and a storage shed. After that, the forces continued to Khirbet al-Markez, also in Masafer Yatta, where they demolished five structures: the homes of four families from one extended family, numbering 14 people in total, including four minors, as well as a livestock enclosure. On 4 May 22, Israel’s High Court of Justice approved the forcible transfer of more than 1,000 residents of Masafer Yatta whose area of residence was declared “Firing Zone 918” by the military.
On Monday, 9 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with a bulldozer to the community of Khirbet ‘Einun, east of Tubas. The forces a house intended as a seasonal home for a family from Tubas by power of Military Order 1797. From there, the forces continued south to Furush Beit Dajan, where they destroyed a greenhouse, also by power of Military Order 1797.
2 May 2022العوجا, العقبة, al-A'uja, al-'Aqabah, al-'Auja, al-'Aqabah
On Monday, 2 May 2022, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and equipped with a bulldozer to the village of al-‘Auja in the Jordan valley. The forces demolished a house under construction intended to house a family of eight, including four minors, and destroyed the access road leading to it. The forces then continued north to the village of al-‘Aqabah, where at 10:00 A.M., they delivered demolition orders pursuant to Military Order 1797 for two newly completed homes intended to house two families numbering 12 people in total, including eight minors. The forces also delivered a demolition order for a kilometer-long agricultural road.
12 April 2022بردلة, Bardalah, Cardalah, Bardalah, Cardalah
On the morning of Tuesday, 12 April 2022, personnel from the Israel National Water Company, Mekorot, arrived at the village of Bardalah in the northern Jordan Valley with armed security guards and a bulldozer. They searched for irrigation pipes Palestinian farmers had connected to Mekorot water infrastructure, found four, and disconnected them. Drilling by Mekorot has dried out Palestinian wells in the Jordan Valley. While the company does supply water to the villages of Bardalah and Kardalah, the supply falls short of agricultural needs. Mekorot uses the same wells to provide settlers with enough water for intensive cultivation.
Jordan Valley: On Wednesday, 25 November 2020, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military jeep escort, police officers, two bulldozers and a truck crane at the village of Fayasil a-Tahta in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces dismantled and confiscated the foundations of two shacks intended to house an extended family of seven, including two children. The shacks were donated to the family by a humanitarian aid organization after the Civil Administration demolished their homes last September. Later, the forces demolished two shacks that housed a family of ten, four of them children, as well as a kitchen, a cement outhouse, and two metal-plated tin-roofed shacks that the family used to raise livestock. The forces also destroyed a fence and disconnected the shacks’ electricity grid. In addition, the forces demolished ten shacks that were used by two families and included a toilet, fodder storage, stables, a chicken coop and tabun ovens. They also destroyed wheat and almond husks that were used as livestock fodder.
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Demolition of structure in Fasayil a-Tahta. Photo by 'Aref Daraghmeh, B'Tselem, 25 Nov. 2020
At around midday, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military jeep escort and a crane truck at the community of Tal a-Smadi, northwest of the village of al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley. The forces dismantled and confiscated a shack that was home to a couple, as well as an outhouse and a water container donated to them by a humanitarian aid organization after the forces demolished the same structures on 21 October 2020.
Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills: The same day, around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with Border Police officers at the community of Khirbet a-Rakeez in the Masafer Yatta area of the South Hebron Hills and demolished two structures that were home to a family of six, including three children. They also demolished a structure used for agriculture that belonged to another family in the community. The forces continued south to Khirbet a-Sarurah, where they demolished an outhouse owned by a community resident. They then continued further south to the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’, where they demolished two structures under construction intended for two families, numbering 11 people in total, including seven children, and another structure that contained a toilet and a kitchen. From there, they went to the community of Mughayir al-‘Abid, where they demolished two structures used for agriculture that belonged to a community resident. The forces also cut and destroyed a two-kilometer water line servicing the communities of al-Fakhit, a-Safai, Mughayir al-‘Abid and a-Taban. The water line, donated by humanitarian organizations, cost almost 100,000 EUR to install. The Civil Administration already destroyed Masafer Yatta’s main water supply pipeline in February 2019, but it has since been restored. In October 2020, the Civil Administration destroyed a local pipeline servicing the communities of Mughayir al-‘Abid and Khirbet al-Majaz.
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Demolition of structure in Masafer Yatta. Photo by Nasser Nawaj'ah, B'Tselem, 25 Nov. 2020
Finally, the forces arrived at the community of Khirbet Jenbah, where they destroyed a plastic water container a community resident placed on his farmland to water his olive grove. In order to make their way to the container, the forces uprooted four olive trees and demolished a wire fence around the plot. Some of the demolished structures were donated to the communities by humanitarian aid organizations.
The same day, Israel demolished a house under construction in a-Lubban a-Gharbiyah, Ramallah District At around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with soldiers, police officers and a bulldozer at the village of a-Lubban a-Gharbiyah in Ramallah District. The forces demolished the foundation of a structure under construction (a floor and posts) intended for a family of eight, including six children. They also demolished a shack owned by another resident that was used for storage. The demolitions were carried out by power of Military Order 1797.