Halt of Work order for a house and a facility in ‘Izbet Salman/ East Qalqilya

• Violation: Halt of work notice.
• Location: ‘Izbet Salman village / Qalqilya governorate.
• Date: January 25^th 2022.
• Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
• Victims: four Palestinian families.

Description:

Tuesday, January 25^th 2022, the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued halt of work notices for 3 houses and a structure, in ‘Izbet Salman southeast Qalqilya.

An army force accompanied by the building and organization officer at the civil administration raided the village, the building inspector wrote the notices, hanged them on the targeted structures , and then withdrew.

According to the notices, the occupation authorities ordered the immediate stoppage of construction works and sat February 23^rd 2022, as the date of the inspection subcommittee in “Beit El” military court to decide the fate of the structure.

The following table shows more information about the structures:

Affected citizen	Family members			Military order number	The targeted facility	Area m2	photo
	males	females	children
Naseem Shawahna	1	1	5	40213	One floor house – under construction	150
‘Amer Ash-Shaikh	2	2	3	40212	One floor house – under construction	150
Mohammed Abu ‘Assab	1	1	3	40214	Two under floor houses – under construction	300
Jamal Qezmar	3	2	1	40209	Structure built of steal sheets and covers 5 dunums.	5000
	7	6	12

Reportedly, During the past three years ‘Izbet Salman witnessed vicious assault from the occupation, about 17 facilities at the village received halt of work notices on the pretext of building without a license , the occupation on the other hand refuses to expand the village built up area, which is only about 146 dunums.

About Izbat Salman:[1]

Six km to the southeast of Qalqiliya governorate, Izbat Salman is considered one of the residential communities of the area. It is edged by Jal’ud area from the north,  Azzun village from the south, Izbat Al-Ashqar from the east and Habla town from the west.

The area populates 727 inhabitants (2014), that belong to two main families namely ( Al-Salman and Oudeh).

Izbat Salman totals 2310 dunum, of which 640 dunums were confiscated by the Israeli occupation for the favor of Oranit and Zamarot colonies.

According to the village council of the area, there are eleven agricultural and residential structures that are notified of stop-work and demolition in the area.

[1] GIS-LRC