Stop-work orders on three cisterns in Khirbet al Fakhit- Yatta/ Hebron governorate

December 25, 2013

Violation: Issuing orders to stop work (construction) on water cisterns
Location: Khirbet al Fakhit- Yatta/ Hebron governorate
Date: 25/12/2013
Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration
Victims: Three farmers of al-Fakhit

Details:

Mohammad Abu Sabha has stated to LRC field researcher that the Israeli occupation authorities sent, on December 25, 2013, orders to civilians compelling them to stop work and construction in three cisterns that are unlicensed.

Abu Sabha said that officers of the Civil Administration accompanied by Israeli soldiers broke into Khirbet al-Fakhit, within Masafer Yatta, where they distributed the stop-work orders on three cisterns used for agricultural purposes and sheep grazing in the Khirbet.

27/01/2014 was set for a court session of the Inspection Subcommittee in Beit El colony to consider whether to "demolish the houses or return them to their previous status."

The cisterns were built in 2013 and presented by Action Against Hunger Organization (ACF International) to help farmers and provide water to around 900 heads of sheep.

The table gives information about the owners of the targeted structures:

It should be mentioned that the Israeli occupation authorities have been targeting and attempting to take over Khirbet al-Fakhit and other hamlets within Masafer Yatta under several pretexts, the most used of which is "Israeli army training areas."

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