Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

11 January 2023 al-Baq'ah (Hebron), Khalet al-Furn

Israel demolishes home under construction and inhabited home in Hebron District

On Wednesday, 11 January 2023, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and a bulldozer to the village of al-Baq'ah in Hebron District and demolished a two-story home that was intended for a family of 11, including eight minors. The forces then continued south to Khallet al-Furn, southeast of Hebron, where they demolished the stone home of a family of six, including four minors.

11 January 2023 Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar

Israeli regional settlement council officials and soldiers confiscate tractor in northern Jordan Valley

On Wednesday, 11 January 2023, at around 4:00 P.M., representatives of the Jordan Valley regional settlement council came to the area of Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley and summoned soldiers, who confiscated a tractor with a wagon and detained the owner for about an owner on the pretext that he was in a closed military zone. The soldiers took the tractor to a nearby military camp.

11 January 2023 Ein Samia

Israel dismantles and confiscates tent that was home to Palestinian family of six

On Wednesday, 11 January 2023, at around 9:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and a tow-truck to the community of ‘Ein Samia, which lies about 150 meters off the Allon Road in Ramallah District, and dismantled and confiscated a tent that was home to a family of six.

10 January 2023 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, al-'Auja

Israel demolishes four storerooms under construction and vacation home in southern Jordan Valley

On Tuesday, 10 January 2023, at around 5:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and two bulldozers to the village of al-’Auja, which lies near Route 90 in the southern Jordan Valley, and demolished four storerooms under construction by power of Military Order No. 1797. The forces then continued to the village of ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahya west of Jericho, where they demolished a vacation home, a swimming pool and water tanks belonging to a family from East Jerusalem.

5 January 2023 Kh. Ma'in

Israeli soldiers confiscate tractor in Khirbet Ma'in, South Hebron Hills

On Thursday, 5 Jan. 2023, at around 4:00 P.M., soldiers arrived with a tow truck at the village of Khirbet M’ain, southeast of the town of Yatta in the Hebron District, and confiscated a tractor that was being used for plowing on the grounds the work was being carried out in an archaeological site.

3 January 2023 Kh. Ma'in, She'b al-Batem, Kh. a-Safai al-Foqa

Israeli forces demolish homes of five Palestinian families in South Hebron Hills and confiscate tent used as classroom in Masafer Yatta community facing expulsion

On Tuesday, 3 Jan. 2023, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort and two crawler diggers to the village of Khirbet Ma’in, which lies southeast of the town of Yatta in the Hebron District. The forces demolished a home under construction intended for a family of six, four of them minors, and a completed water hole already in use under it. As they withdrew, the forces hurled a stun grenade at young men who gathered by the demolished home. When they reached the village center, young men threw stones at them, and the forces fired at least six tear gas canisters at the men. The forces then went to the village of She’b al-Battem in the South Hebron Hills, where they demolished the homes of four families and an outhouse, leaving 36 people, 12 of them minors, homeless. They also destroyed four water tanks with a metal base belonging to the four families, and six smaller water tanks belonging to two of them. Some of the forces then went on in a jeep to the community of Khirbet a-Safai al-Foqa, which lies in Masafer Yatta within the area the military designated “Firing Zone 918”, and confiscated a folded tent. The tent, which teachers put up and took down daily to use as a classroom, was donated by the Red Crescent after Israel demolished the community school on 23 Nov. 2022 and confiscated tents donated to serve as classrooms on 6 Dec. 2022.

2 January 2023 al-'Auja

Israel demolishes structure in Palestinian farm near the village of al-‘Auja in the Jordan Valley, destroys field and arrests owner

On Monday, 2 January 2023, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort to a farm located south of the village of al-‘Auja. The forces used a digger that belongs to the farm to demolish a shed used for resting by farmers and confiscated the items that were inside it. They then used their own vehicles to drive over a garlic field, confiscated a generator, removed a Palestinian flag on display at the farm and arrested the owner, who was taken to the Binyamin police station, and from there to the detention facility at the Russian Compound in Jerusalem. He was released on 4 January 2023, after posting bail in the sum of 1,500 NIS.

27 December 2022 Kh. Um al-Jamal

Israeli soldiers confiscate two tractors with towed water tankers in Jordan Valley, claiming Palestinians stole from Mekorot water company

On Tuesday, 27 Dec. 2022, at around 5:00 P.M., soldiers arrived in a military vehicle at a spot near the community of Khirbet Um al-Jamal, in the area of Hamamat al-Maleh in the northern Jordan Valley, and confiscated two tractors with towed water tankers. According to the soldiers, the drivers had filled up the tankers by illegally hooking up to Mekorot pipelines. The soldiers ordered the drivers to take the tractors into the settlement of Maskiyyot, and after they did so, arrested them. Meanwhile, more soldiers arrived, as well as police officers. They searched for the illegal connections and confiscated a private car, claiming it was in a closed military zone. The tractor drivers were released the next day, after posting NIS 2,000 (USD 566) each in bail.

20 December 2022 Kh. Wadi Ejheish, Kh. Ma'in, Kh. Khallet a-Dabe', a-Tuwani

Israel demolishes seasonal homes of five Palestinian families and two farming structures, and confiscates solidarity tent, South Hebron Hills

On Tuesday, 20 Dec. 2022, at around 9:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military and Border Police escort, a bulldozer and a digger to the community of Khirbet Wadi Ejheish in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished six tents that were the seasonal homes of five families numbering 24 people in total, 11 of them minors. The tents were donated to the families by the Red Crescent and the Palestinian Authority's National Commission against the Wall and the Settlements after the Civil Administration demolished their old tents on 25 Oct. 2022. About two hours later, the forces arrived at Khirbet Ma’in, which lies southeast of the town of Yatta in Hebron District, and demolished an unused farming structure. From there, they continued to Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in Masafer Yatta, the South Hebron Hills, where they confiscated a tent used by human rights activists, and then to the nearby village of a-Tuwani, where they demolished a chicken coop that provided a living for a family of eight, three of them minors.