Stop-Work orders on structures in AL-Deirat village

February 7, 2018

Violation: serving stop-work orders on structures
Location: Al-Deirat village- Hebron
Date: February 07, 2018
Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces
Victims: four Palestinian families

Details:

The Israeli occupation authorities served on February 07, 2018stop-work orders on structures and residences in the village of Al-Deirat, east Yatta town.

Citizens from the area told Land Research Center that a vehicle relative to Israel Civil Administration raided the village, issued the orders and took photos of the structures before the force had left.

Reportedly, the orders targeted the following owners of structures:

No.	Affected citizen	Family	Area\m²	Nature of structure	Year of construction	No. of order	Photo
1	Mohammad Al-'Amour	6	250	House in the finishing phase	2017	050142	1
2	Ali Al-'Amour	9	160	Under construction house	2018	050143	2
3	Ibrahim Makhamreh	6	80	House in the finishing phase	2017	050144	3
3	Ibrahim Makhamreh	6	120 m³	Water well	2017	050144	3
4	Haydar Jabari	N.A	130 m³	Water well	2017	050145	N.A

Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2018

The orders mentioned that the structures were "unlicensed" and ordered a halt on construction works. February 22, 2018 was assigned as the hearing session of the Regional Inspection Committee – the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration in the court of Beit El to consider whether to demolish the structures or restore their previous status.

The demolition order number 050541

Demolition order on the water network

Israeli Occupation Authorities delivered a final demolition order on a water network that links villages east Yatta town. The order gave the affected a seven day deadline to carry out the demolition. Otherwise, Israeli Occupation Forces will demolish the structure and the demolition cost will be billed to the affected.

About Al-Deirat :

Al-Deirat village is located to the east of Yatta town and is about 6km away from it. The village is considered agricultural and is inhabited by 700 people; a village council runs the affairs of al-Deirat despite there is no headquarter for the council itself.

A number of families reside in the village namely : (al-Hamamdah, Musa'fieh , al-Adra); al-Deirat is split by the bypass road no. 60, which links all Israeli colonies in the north with those in the south.

The village is edged by Arab al-Ka'abna and al-Karmel colony from the east, Yatta town from the west, Khirbet al-Bwaib from the north and Ma'on colony and Um Lisfa village from the south .Residents of the area aspire to obtain a master-plan for the village that includes their houses in order to protect them from Israeli orders of stop-work and demolition.