Violation: demolishing structures in Zanouta.
Date: August 28, 2012.
Perpetrators: the Israeli Occupation Army.
Victims: members of Al Samamra family.
Details:
On August 28, 2012, Israeli troops accompanied by a dozer and a jackhammer broke into Zanouta village and embarked on a large-scale demolition campaign in area known as ‘Qarnet Inezan’. Eyewitnesses said that the assailants also buried two wells with rocks and earth in addition to a dozer throwing over 4 tons of fodder in one of the wells. Table 1: victims and inflicted damage:
No. | Victim | Area m2 | Family members | Children | Structure | Use | Built | remarks |
1 | Nabil Samamra | 54 | 6 | 4 | Shack | Residential | 2010 | Family residence |
36 | Shack | Residential | 2010 | Family residence | ||||
130 | barn | Cattle | N.A | 140 ruminants | ||||
50 | barn | Cattle | N.A | 140 ruminants | ||||
2 | Mohammad Samamra | N.A | 7 | 5 | Barn | Cattle | N.A | 120 runminants |
N.A | Barn | Cattle | N.A | |||||
20 | tent | residential | 2010 | Family residence | ||||
3 | Khalil Samamra | N.A | 4 | 2 | Barn | Cattle | N.A | 170 ruminant |
N.A | Barn | Cattle | N.A | |||||
150 | cistern | Both Cattle and human consumption | N.A | Fodder was thrown in and th opening was blocked with rocks | ||||
4 | Mohammad K Samamra | 80 | N.A | N.A | Barn | Cattle | 2008 | 160 ruminant |
150 | Cistern | Agriculture | 2009 |
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
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Picture 1-9: inflicted damage
Khalil Samara, one of the victims, said that the Israeli Occupation Authorities issued demolition orders in the spring but no one objected since the Israeli Occupation Authorities intends to evict the village and the fact that most of the village’s structures have already received similar notifications while knowing the obtaining construction permits is next to impossible.
