Israel demolishes 5 residential and 9 non-residential units in al-Jiftlik; 20 people, incl. 7 minors, lose their homes
14 December 2022
On Monday, 13 Dec. 2022, at around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort, four bulldozers and two diggers at the village of al-Jiftlik in the central Jordan Valley. The forces demolished the home of a family of 12, incl. 4 minors, leaving them homeless, and a two-story building under construction that had 2 apartments and belonged to the same family. They then demolished the home of a family of 7, incl. 3 minors, and a structure under construction belonging to another resident.
The forces also demolished 5 shacks, 2 tents and 2 livestock pens, and vandalized feeding troughs in a farm that provides the livelihood of 2 families numbering 14 people in total.