For the Sixth Consecutive Time, The Israeli Occupation Targets Tana in Nablus Governorate

Violation:  the Israeli Occupation demolishes 56 tents, 17 residential ones.

Date: March 2, 2011.

Location: Tana and Al Suwwana – Beit Furik – Nablus.

Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.

Victims: Tana residents.

 

 

Tana is located to the east of Beit Furik, it is formed of a number of simple houses distributed around the area. The residents of Tana has been living in the area for years to go depending mainly on herding in their living. However, the Israeli ethnic cleansing policies did not spare these simple people. In Tana, the Israelis are spreading terror and destruction all around the area. Their dozers are wiping off anything in their way.

 

The purpose is the expansion of Makhura colony located 2 km away from Tana. On March 2, 2011, and Israeli force, 13 vehicles and 4 dozers, deployed itself around Tanaand started to destroy the tents in Tana. They did not give the owners the chance to clear their belongings.

 

The soldiers threatened the locals of destroying everything in Tana so as they[the owners] leave and never come back

 It must be noted that Tana suffered from 5 similar attacks during the past 5 years; the most recent attack was the third in less than a month. Nothing was spared, not even mosques, during the Israeli attack.

 

No.	Victim	Structures	Damage
1	Mahmoud Nasasra	3	A shack, 2 residential tents
2	Mansour Nasasra	2	Destruction of the cave (his shelter) entrance and a toilet
3	Radwan Khatatba	4	2 brick rooms, residential tent, and a tent used for herds
4	Abdul Hamid Khatatba	2	Residential tent, the cave entrance
5	Ibrahim Hanani	1	A tent used to shelter herds
6	Dawoud Khatatba	1	Residential tent
7	Mohammad Nasasra	5	2 residential tents, 2 herds shacks, and a stove
8	Majid Hanani	3	2 residential tents and a stove
9	Radi Hanani	1	Residential tent
10	Fawzan hanani	2	Residential tent and herd’s tent
11	Ismael Nasasra	2	Residential tent and the cave entrance
12	Fawzan Nasasra	4	2 residential tents, herd’s tent, and a small tent used as a kitchen
13	Abdul Hafiz Hanani	2	Residential tent and the cave entrance
14	Farsan Hanani	5	2 residential tents, 2 herds’ tents, the cave entrance, and rock walls
15	Fayez Hanani	4	Residential tent, herd’s tent, chicken shack, and the cave entrance
16	Raed Hanani	3	Herd’s tent, iron door,a stove, and a bathroom
17	Wasif Hanani	2	Residential tent and herd’s tent
18	Mohammad Hanani	3	2 residential tents, a cave entrance, and a water tank
19	Rasim Hanani	2	Residential tent and herd’s tent
20	Kamal Hanani	1	Cave entrance
Total		52

 

No.	Victim	Structures	damage
1	Hamdi Mletat	2	Residential tent and herd’s tent
2	Zahdi Nasasra	2	Residential tent and herd’s tent

 

75 families are living in constant fear of displacement after the sequence of destruction held by the Israeli Occupiers. Wasif Hanani, one of the victims who witnessed the destruction of his tent for the fifth time stated to an LRC observer: “I was born and raised in Tana; I grow up in these fields; I inherited the land from my father. Now, we are threatened with deportation; how are we going to live? Where will we go?” Wasif was wondering about his and his children future.

 

Israel, is not hiding its land confiscation policy; it has been chasing people out of their homes while safely staying there. ‘Atef Hanani stated to an LRC observer: “what is happening in Tana is annihilation; the Israelis justify their acts by claiming that Tana is located in a military zone and sometimes building without permits. The truth is that the Israelis want to take over the whole area and use it for colonial expansion purposes”.