Violation: stop-work orders for residential structures inhabited by 57 people.
Date: September 9 and 24, 2012.
Location: Ad Deirat and Um Lasfa – Yatta – Hebron.
Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration.
Victims: various.
Details:
On September 24, 2012, the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued stop-work orders for several residential structures in Ad Deirat and Um Lasfa villages on the pretext of unlicensed construction. The owners said the officers of the so-called Israeli Occupation Civil Administration showed up and placed the orders on the targeted houses, took pictures of them, and left. The orders said that the structures were built before acquiring proper permits and demanded immediate stoppage of construction. They also set October 23, 2012 as the date of a hearing session to be held at Beit El military court to decide on the fate of the residences.
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Table 1: targeted structures in Ad Deirat:
No. | Victim | Family members | Children | Area (m2) | Structure | Built | Status | picture |
1 | Mahmoud al Adra | 16 | 8 | 75 | Residence | 2009 | Inhabited | |
35 | Residence | 2012 | Inhabited | |||||
30 | Cave | Used as a barn |
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
Table 2: targeted structures in Um Lasfa:
No. | Victim | Family members | Children | Area (m2) | Structure | Built | Status | order | picture |
1 | Ali Umoor | 1 | 0 | 120 | Residence | 2012 | Under construction | ||
2 | Hamad Umoor | 24 | 13 | 140 | residence | 2012 | Under construction |
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
Previous notifications:
On September 9, 2012, the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued stop-work orders for structures in Ad Deirat. The orders said that the structures were built before acquiring proper permits and demanded immediate stoppage of construction. They also set October 11, 2012 as the date of a hearing session to be held at Beit El military court to decide on the fate of the residences. It also ‘advised’ the owners to apply for construction permits although that does not necessarily grant them ones.
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Picture C: a photocopy of one of the orders
No. | Victim | Family members | Area (m2) | Structure | Status | Built | picture |
1 | Mousa Mohammad | 11 | 325 | Two-storey residence | Under construction | 2012 | |
2 | Mohammad Amr | 6 | 100 | Residenc | Inhabited | 2012 | |
3 | Issa al Adra | N.A | 15 | Room | Ready to use | 2012 | |
N.A | cistern | Under construction | 2012 |
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
The Israeli Occupation has increased lately; hitting a large number of Palestinian towns and villages with all kinds of military order (eviction, demolition, stop-work, etc.) For more information please refer to previous reports
