Demolition of four residences in the Jericho village of Jiftlik

Violation: demolishing 4 residences
Location: al- Makhrouq area- Jericho
Date: 27/04/2015
Perpetrators: the Israeli occupation army
Victims: four Bedouin families

Details:

It did not last more than two month before the Israeli occupation came back to the area of al-Makhrouq with a 9 jeep force to carry out a second demolition campaign, which this time reached out 4 residences from the Khirbet. The first demolition took place on March 10, 2015 and reached out 6 residences.

According to the affected farmer from the last demolition Husam Abu Iram(29), the Israeli occupation army on April 17, 2014 raided the area and forced a number of families to immediately evacuate their residences before they entirely demolished them.

Noteworthy, the new targeting attack came without any previous notification or stop-work orders served on the residences. The following table shows damages resulted by the demolition:

Affected citizen	Family	Minors	Aream2	Nature of structure	Notes	No. of photo
Hssan Abu Iram	2	2	60	Metal slaps barrack	Had a structure demolished before	1+2
Okail Abu Iram	1	0	16	Tent gifted by the Red Cross association	Had a structure demolished before	3
Muhammad Idies	7	5	100	Metal slaps and concrete blocks residence		4
Yacoub Idies	4	2	100	Metal slaps and concrete blocks residence		5+6
Total	14	9	276

Source: Field Observations – Monitoring Israeli Human Rights Violations- Land Research Center-2015

The targeted families depend on agriculture as their only source of income, taking into consideration that they work as farmers in their vegetables and wheat fields; they have been residing the area since 15 years, taking into account that al-Makhrouq lands are registered as "Tabo" and owned by people from al-Jiftlik and the nearby villages.

Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC