Violation: the Israeli Occupation Army knocks down four retaining walls and threatens to demolish two residences.
Location: Ad Dyuk at Tihta – Jericho.
Date: August 28, 2012.
Details:
On August 28, 2012, a large Israeli force broke into Ad Dyuk area and raised four retaining walls surrounding 4 residences on the pretext of unlicensed construction in area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo.
Table 1: owners of the walls:
Owner | Length of the wall (m) |
Suleiman at Tawil | 60 |
Faisal Hammad | 40 |
Ihab Qara’in | 60 |
Rafat al Rajabi | 40 |
total | 200 |
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
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Picture 1-2: knocked walls
Meanwhile, officers of the Israeli Occupation Civil Administration handed two Palestinians stop-work orders for two residences in the same area. Table 2: owners of threatened residences:
Victim | Area (m2) | Family members | Children | remarks |
Ismael at Tawil | 120 | 7 | 4 | One storey |
Faisal Hammad | 180 | 5 | 3 | One storey and a basement |
Total | 300 | 12 | 7 |
Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations Team – LRC
Picture 3: Ismael at Tawil residence | Picture 4: Faisal Hammad residence |
Ad Duyuk at Tahta:
One of the newly amended neighborhoods of Jericho city; it is located on the eastern side of the city and inhabited by around 940 people according to Jericho Municipality. It is known for the availability of water while holding Steih spring which pumps around 13 m3/ hour. The area holds a number of varied historical and religious sites. Nevertheless, over 70 structures in the area are threatened of demolition in the area classified ‘C’ according to Oslo.
