Brux Demolition in Khirbet Tana – Nablus Governorate

Violation: Israeli occupation forces demolish a number of agricultural bruxes in Khirbet Tana.

Location: Khirbet Tana in Nablus Governorate.

Date: February 14, 2012

 

Khirbet Tana witnessed yet a new wave of demolition and destruction on February 14, 2012, by Israeli occupation forces; At 9:00 AM an Israeli demolition team targeted Tana and caused the destruction of a house and an animal pen owned by the 51-year-old Mr. Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud Nasasreh in addition to the confiscation of a number of plastic coverings and metal pylons donated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the aftermath of the latest Tana demolition.

 

When the demolition spree finished at Tana, the demolition team headed towards Khirbet Al Ja’awana, which is located 2 kilometers west of Tana and is considered a natural expansion of Tana. The destruction continued there causing the demolition of 5 animal pens in addition to 2 more homes.

 

In total, the demolition campaign on February 14, 2012, according to the field research carried out by the Land Research Center (LRC), caused the destruction of 5 animal pens in addition to 3 houses and the displacement of 4 families from Tana. Members of the displaced families included 24 Palestinians of which 14 were children. Additional damages included the confiscation of 60 meters of plastic coverings in addition to 39 pylons designed to be used in construction of animal pens. Additional information is provided below. 

     

The following table lists the damages caused by the demolition process in the locations of Tana and Al Ja’awana:

 

Name	Location	No. of Family	No. of Children	Demolished Structures		Notes	Pics
				House	Brux
As’ad Mohammad As’ad Hanani	Al Ja’awana	8	4	0	2	Demolished before	1
Shaher Fayeq Abu Heit	Al Ja’awana	5	3	1	1	Demolished before	2
A’atef Huseein Ahmad Hanani	Al Ja’awana	7	5	1	1	Demolished before	3
Mahmoud Ahmad Nassasra	Tana	4	2	1	1	Demolished before	4
TOTAL		24	14	3	5

 

 

As for the following table, it lists the victims of the confiscation of plastic coverings and metal pylons:

Name	Location	No. of Family	No. of Children	Damage	Notes
Na’el Mohammad As’ad Hanani	Tana	5	3	12-m plastic covering + 8 pylons	Previously demolished
Mohammad As’ad Hanani	Tana	7	5	12-m plastic covering + 8 pylons	Previously demolished
Majed A’afif A’aref Hanani	Tana	5	2	12-m plastic covering + 6 pylons	Previously demolished
A’aref A’afif A’aref Hanani	Tana	9	5	16-m plastic covering + 14 pylons	Previously demolished
Najeh Sabti Khatatbeh	Tana	9	3	8-m plastic covering + 3 pylons	Previously demolished
TOTAL		35	18	60-m plastic covering + 39 pylons

 

 

 

It is worth pointing out that Khirbet Tana is classified within the agricultural lands of the village of Beit Furik. The exceptional climate the Khirbet has as well as the availability of a number of water springs made the khirbet the perfect place for agricultural activities throughout the seasons. However, the relatively low number of its residents as well as its vast area has made the Khirbet a prime target for the Israeli occupations’ policies aimed at the expulsion of the residents to take advantage of the empty lands. Currently, every structure in the Khirbet (including tents, bruxes, etc) has a Stop work Order. Also, over the past 5 years, the Khirbet was demolished 4 times while the Israeli High Court of “Justice” issued a decision in 2009 declaring the Khirbet as “Not Recognized”. Since then, the ghost of demolition hovers over the Khirbet as the 4 demolitions has taken place after the court’s decision was handed down leading to the homelessness of a large number of the Khirbet’s population.