The Israeli occupation forces demolished “Abu Hmaid” family home in Al-Am’ari refugees’ camp / Ramallah governorate
- Violation: Demolishing “Abu Hmaid” family home for the fifth time.
- Location: Al-Am’ari refugees camp / Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate.
- Date: October 24 , 2019.
- Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation forces.
- Victims: Family of Martyr Mohammad Naji “Abu Hmaid”.
Description:
The Israeli occupation forces demolish “Abu Hmaid” family home for the fifth time in Thursday dawn. A massive army force and bulldozers raided the Al-Am’ari refugees’ camp in the heart of Ramallah city and leveled the house to the ground.
Noteworthy, The Israeli occupation army commander told the family lawyer in a phone call that the house will be demolished, on the pretext that the house is built on confiscated lands.
The targeted house was under construction , with an area of 490 m2, the construction commenced at the beginning of this year after the occupation demolished the family home under security claims in October 2018.
Owner of the house Latifa Abu Hmaid is the mother of martyr Abdul Nassir Abu Hmaid , and detainees : Nassir Abu Hmaid (7* life sentences[1] and 50 years) , Nasr Abu Hmaid ( 5*life sentences ), Sharif Abu Hmaid ( 4* life sentence) , (Mohammad Abu Hmaid ( 3*life sentences and 30 years), her sons together will serve about 19 life sentence, other than Islam , who is a suspect of killing an Israeli soldier.
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It should be marked that the order was issued in reference to the British Emergency Law for the year 1945, taking into consideration that this law was abolished. “Confiscation and demolition” according to article 119 of the law indicates that it is not allowed to re-construct in the demolition location.
Land Research Center sees Israeli practices and measures as a collective punishment against the families of martyrs and prisoners. The occupation seeks to traumatize and humiliate Palestinian families through such practices.
Since Al-Quds uprising of 2015 until the date of this report, Israeli Occupation Forces demolished 68 residences, of which 14 were demolished in 2018. Demolitions were carried out as a collective punishment on the families of those accused of resisting the Israeli occupation.
The following table shows information about demolition for security claims in 2015-2018:
|
governorate |
Number of demolished houses |
Partial damage |
Area m2 |
Family members |
children |
|
Jerusalem |
12 |
9 |
1319 |
71 |
27 |
|
Hebron |
17 |
9 |
2341 |
70 |
30 |
|
Ramallah |
14 |
11 |
2145 |
52 |
15 |
|
Nablus |
8 |
26 |
1000 |
53 |
26 |
|
Qalqilya |
1 |
2 |
145 |
6 |
4 |
|
Tulkarim |
2 |
0 |
106 |
5 |
2 |
|
Jenin |
14 |
7 |
2070 |
81 |
19 |
|
total |
68 |
64 |
9126 |
338 |
123 |
Source : Israeli violations monitoring system – LRC – Arab studies society 2018.
The graph illustrates the number of demolished residences on the claim of “Security Purposes” in 2015- 2018
[1] A life sentence in the Israeli court has a determinate period of 99 years, in case the prisoner dies, the corpse is detained serving the rest of the sentence.
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