Violation: demolishing a number of tents and shacks.
Location: Mayta – Wadi al Maleh area.
Date: June 25, 2012.
Victims: four Bedouin families (28 people including 9 children).
Details:
On June 25, 2012, a large Israeli force broke into Mayta in the heart of the Jordan Valley and demolished a number of residential tents and barns. Table: victims of the demolition campaign:
Victim | Family members | Children | Damage | Remarks | Picture | ||
Residential | Stove | Barn | |||||
Ali al Faqir | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | First demolition | 1-2 |
Ayed Zawahra | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | previously demolition | 3-4 |
Mariam Zawahra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | previously demolition | 5-7 | |
Ibrahim Ulayyan | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | previously demolition | 8-10 |
total | 28 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
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Photos 1 & 2: Ali al Faqir
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Photos 3 & 4: Ayed Zawahra
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Photos 5-7: Mariam Zawahra
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Photos 8-10: Ibrahim Ulayyan
It must be noted that Wadi al Maleh area has been widely targeted in recent years; the last of the attacks was carried out a month earlier when a number of structures were demolished.
The Israeli Occupation Authorities claim that the structures are illegally built due to failing to acquire construction permits. Needless to say, everyone knows that obtaining such a permit is next to impossible. Most of the residents of Wadi al Maleh area (8 Palestinian villages) depend on herding in their living. Nevertheless, the area is plagued with colonization as it is surrounded by a number of military camps and colonie, Kobar base and Hamamt al Maleh base (west), Mechula colony (north), Meskiot and Rotam colonies (east), and Hamadat and Pegot colonies and Samra base (south).
