Demolishing 4 Structures in “Um al Kheir” in Yatta town- Hebron governorate

Violation: demolishing a house, a tent, a toilet, a park and sabotaging the electricity network as well as issuing a demolition order against a house.

Location: Um al Kheir – Yatta – Hebron.

Date: September 9, 2011.

Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.

Victims: Al Hathaleen family.

 

On September 9, 2011, a large Israeli force accompanied by bulldozers besieged Um al Kheir and initiated a large-scale demolition campaign that targeted a house, a toilet, and leveled a tent. The victims stated that the Israeli forces demolished their houses without giving them a chance to remove the contents.

 

 

No.	Victim	Structures	Area (m2)	Family members	Children	Structure type	Construction year
1	Salem al Hathaleen	1	50	12	6	House	2008
2	Khadra al Hathaleen	1	20	19	6	Tent	2008
3	Nawal al Hathaleen	1	8	8	4	toilet	2008
Total		3	78	39	16

 

During the campaign, the huge Israeli dozers destroyed what used to be a small children park in the village as well as sabotaging the electricity network which operates on solar power.

 

Coherently, the Israeli troops handed Mohammad al Hathaleen a stop-work order against his two-bedroom-house.

 

 

The order demanded the immediate stoppage of any construction prior to acquiring the required permits. It specified September 22, 2011 as the date of the hearing session to be held in Beit El Military Court to decide on the fate of the house. The house, established in 2009, was 60 m2 in area and designed to host the 9-member-family. The locals condemned the recent Israeli aggression.

 

Khadra al Hathaleen demanded all kinds of humanitarian aid as well as the immediate stoppage of the Israeli attacks indicating that most of the attacks are held by Karmael colonists. She said: ‘the Israleis are trying every possible way to drive us out of our lands which will facilitate future colonial expansions. I plea for urgent humanitarian assistance; at least provide us with portable toilets because they destroyed a toilet that was used by 20 people’.