On Monday, 9/7/2001, the Israeli occupation forces entered Block 5 which is located near Salah Eddin gate on the Egyptian- Palestinian borders and demolished 19 houses without previous warning leaving behind more than about 200 people homeless. The Israeli forces stormed the residential quarter at midnight with 11 tanks and 4 bulldozers destroying Palestinian houses and properties at the depth of 100-200 meters from the fence. The stormed area is located in zone A which is completely under the Palestinian authority.
During the operation, 6 persons were injured. Taken by surprise, The houses' occupants were unable to evacuate their belongings except the clothes they had on. house demolition in Rafah.
The following table shows demolitions by names, area of building, number of occupants:
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No. |
Name |
Area of building |
No. of occupants |
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1 |
Mohammed Saidi Mohammed Zaideh |
180 |
24 |
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|
2 |
Mohammed Musleh Abu- Libda |
240 |
20 |
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|
3 |
Jihad Hamdan Abdullah |
120 |
7 |
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|
4 |
Amin Shukri Al- Ra'I |
200 |
9 |
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|
5 |
Fathi Mohammed Abu- Libda |
120 |
4 |
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|
6 |
Jihad Hassan Klub |
100 |
4 |
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|
7 |
Ali Maher Halaweh |
150 |
10 |
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|
8 |
Sa'adeh Mohammed Abu- Halaweh |
150 |
3 |
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|
9 |
Jadi Abdullah Nahla |
200 |
12 |
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|
10 |
Zaki Khamis Abu- Hilwa |
140 |
11 |
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|
11 |
Farraj Hasan Abu- Hilwa |
120 |
6 |
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|
12 |
Ahmad Khamis Abu- Hilwa |
90 |
6 |
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|
13 |
Anwar Hasan Klub |
160 |
8 |
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|
14 |
Faiz Ibrahim Taha |
300 |
23 |
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|
15 |
Mufid Ibrahim Taha |
300 |
9 |
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|
16 |
Ni'meh Ahmad Yazuri |
750 |
16 |
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|
17 |
Tamam Yusif Al- Jamal |
120 |
11 |
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|
18 |
Mohmud Mohammed Abu- Libda |
160 |
7 |
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|
19 |
Hussein Abdullah Abu- Nahla |
200 |
3 |
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Total |
3800 |
193 |
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Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
