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Tents at the current place of residence of the Khirbet Humsah al-Foqa community. Photo by ‘Aref Dagharmeh, B’Tselem, 2 July 2022
On Wednesday, 29 June 2022, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with military escort at the current place of residence of the Khirbet Humsah al-Foqa community in the northern Jordan Valley, which was destroyed by Israel in July 2021. The forces delivered six families, numbering 38 people in total, including 23 minors, orders instructing them to evacuate their homes for military training for three consecutive days: on 4 July, between 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.; on July 5, between 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M; and on July 6, Between 6:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M.
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 April 2021.