Halt of Work Notices for two houses in Khibet Maso’ud / Jenin governorate

January 12, 2022

• Violation: Halt of Work Notices for two houses.
• Location: Khirbet Al-Maso’ud / Jenin governorate.
• Date: January 12^th 2022.
• Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
• Victims: two families from ‘Amarna family.

Description:

Wednesday, January 12^th 2022, the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued halt of work order for two houses in Khirbet Maso’ud southwest Jenin, on the pretext of building without a license.

Reportedly, a vehicle belongs to the building and organization department protected by an army force raided the area, and targeted two under construction houses, and gave them halt of work orders..

The occupation authorities ordered the immediate stoppage of construction works , and sat February 9^th 2022 , as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.

The following table shows more information about the targeted structures:

Affected citizen	Family members			Area m2	The targeted facility	notice number	photo
	Males	females	children
Kana’an ‘Amarneh	1	1	2	120	Under construction house and an excavated area	32794
Rashid ‘Amarna	2	1	3	150	Under construction house	32795
total	3	2	5	270

16 km south west Jenin city, Khirbet Maso’ud was heavily targeted by the Israeli Occupation, which isolated more than 65 dunums from the western area behind the Annexation and Expansion wall , in addition to closing the northern entrance of Jenin governorate .

The Khirbet has a total area of 4680 dunums all of which are classified as area C , except for 12 dunums are built up area for the khirbet , and according to the central bureau for statistics in 2007 , the khirbet has a population of 47 people in 11 families , they own 11 residences and 3 facilities.