Halt of Work Notice for a House in Qusra/ South Nablus

November 29, 2021

Violation: Halt of work notices.
Date: November 29^th 2021.
Location: Qusra / Nablus governorate.
Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
Victims: 20 families from Qasra village.

Description:

November 29^th 2021, The Israeli Occupation authorities issued a halt of work notice for houses and structures in Qusra south Nablus, on the pretext of building without a license.

A massive army force accompanied by the building and organization officer raided the village, the building inspector wrote the notices, hanged them on the structures and withdrew.

In the notices, The Occupation Authorities ordered the immediate stoppage of construction works, and sat Dec 22^nd 2021, as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structures.

Engineer Ahmed Mustafa in Qasra Municipality said: “A number of military vehicles accompanied by the building and organization officer raided the eastern part of the village on Monday November 29^th 2021 , and served halt of work notices to 20 citizens , on the pretext of building without a license in area C.”

Mustafa , also a member of Municipal Legal Aid Offices in Qusra, formed by LRC in 2021 , said that the office in coordination with the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center offers to submit objections on behalf of the victims. The following table shows more information about the targeted structures:

Affected citizen	Area (m²)	Notice number	The targeted facility
Ziad ‘Odeh	100	32433	One floor house
Mohammed ‘Odeh	350	32434	Two floors house built of bricks and baton
Sabeeh Kana’an	300	32473	House built of bricks and baton
Mohamed Tawfiq	350	32472	Two floors house built of bricks and baton
‘Alaa Hassan	200	32471	House built of bricks and baton
Ghassan Hassan	400	32435	Two floors house
Mohammed Yosef	200	32426	house of bricks and baton
Mahmoud Ahmed	400	32470	house of bricks and baton
Osama Said	150	32469	Under construction house
Daif ‘Oqla	150	32437	1 floor house + preparation for the second floor
Mohammed ‘Awad	50	32474	House of bricks and baton
‘Issa Hassan	300	32428	Two floors house of bricks and baton
Musa Hassan	400	32429	Two floors’ stones house
‘Assem Hassan	350	32427	Two floors house built of stones
Mo’ayad Faraj	400	32430	Two floors house built of bricks + a wall
Yamna Mahmoud	70	32425	Building of bricks and baton
Kamal Mershed	150	32438	House of bricks and baton
Joda Mershed	250	32431	House of bricks and baton
Samer Shokri	100	32436	house
Yazan Shokri	400	32432	House of bricks and baton

Qusra:

23 kilometer south of Nablus, Qusra is surrounded by Jurish (North) , Talfit (West), Majdel Bani Fadel (east) and bordered by “Mitzpe Rahel” (south).

Qusra has a population of 5318 people according to projections made in 2017. It has a total area of 8886 dunums, 775 of which are a built-up area of the village.

The Israeli occupation devoured 223 dunums of Qusra lands, for the following purposes:

“Megdalim” settlement was established in 1984 devoured 155 , and inhabited by 348 settlers according to 2018 census.
Bypass roads (508) devourd 68 dunums.

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC