Demolishing 5 Structures in the Northern Jordan Valley

Violation: demolishing 3 agricultural shacks and 2 residential structures.

Location: wadi al Maleh, Al Farisiyya, and al Himma, Northern Jordan Valley.

Date: October 6, 2011.

Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.

Victims: 5 Palestinian families (45 people including 22 children).

 

At 07:00 on October 6, 2011, 2 Israeli dozers accompanied by 7 army vehicles broke into Al Farisiyya. The dozers, without any warning, demolished Khayri abu Muhsen residence as well as Kamel Dababat agricultural shack.

 

   

 

Soon afterward, the Israeli force moved to al Himma village to the east; the dozers leveled 2 agricultural shacks that were a donation from the FAO.The shacks were the property of Ghaleb Ibrahim and Mahmoud Ayyub.Subsequently, they moved west to ‘Hammamat al Maleh’ area where they demolished a residential tent; property of Khalil Zawahra.

 

  

 

The Israelis justified the operation by claiming that the structures were built in border areas were construction is prohibited.

 

Victim	Structures	Family members	Children	Damage	Remarks
Khairy Abu Mehsen	1	8	4	Residence and kitchen	Lost a house to demolition earlier
Kamel Dababt	1	13	7	Agricultural shack
Ghaleb Ahmad	1	9	5	Agricultural shack, donation of FAO	Lost a house to demolition earlier
Mahmoud Ayyub	1	5	2	Agricultural shack, donation of FAO	Lost a house to demolition earlier
Khalil Zawahra	1	10	4	Residence and a kitchen	Lost a house to demolition earlier
	5	45	22

 

 

It must be noted that the Israeli Government conducted large-scale demolition campaigns that targeted 90 demolitions in the Northern Jordan Valley area; rendering 107 people, including 52 children, homeless.In addition, the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued 112 demolition and eviction orders since the beginning of 2010.The Israeli orders spared neither an educational nor a religious institute.

 

Recently, the Israelis issued a number of orders in Al Aqaba targeting a mosque, a clinic, a kindergarten, and a school.The Israeli Authorities have also dismantled entire communities in an attempt to create a demographic gap to smooth the progress of the Israeli colonial plans.