Israel demolished the home of a family of eight and a school under construction in the village of al-’Aqabah, Jordan Valley

On Tuesday, 5 August 2025, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and equipped with a bulldozer and an excavator, arrived in the village of al-’Aqabah in the northern Jordan Valley and demolished the foundations of a school under construction funded by the French Development Agency. Construction began about a year ago, and since then, Civil Administration personnel have confiscated tools and equipment from the site.

Later that day, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and equipped with a pickup truck with a towed trailer, arrived in the area south of the village of al-'Aqabah. The Israeli forces dismantled one of the tents belonging to a family of eight, including three minors, and confiscated the tent poles, chairs, and a generator.

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הריסת יסודות בית הספר. צילום: עארף דראר'מה, בצלם