- Violation: enforcing closure on town
- Location: Khursa village- Hebron
- Date: March 05, 2018
- Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces
- Victims: residents of the town
Details:
On March 05, 2018, Israeli Occupation Forces set up two metal gates at Khursa village entrance, south Hebron governorate.
It is reported that a force from the occupation army encircled the area, set up the gates and installed cement blocks at the sides of the gates.
It should be noted that the gates were set up at the main road that links Dura village to the southern and western villages. Noteworthy, over 50,000 Palestinians living in 37 villages and communities relative to Dura use that road.In a previous incident, Israeli Occupation Forces established in August 2017 a military watchtower on confiscated 500 dunum land parcel belonging to Shahatit family. At time, the force delivered Palestinian a map illustrating the locations of four metal gates to be set up within area classified "A", which is under Palestinian control according to Oslo Accords.By now, Israel set up 29 gates at the entrances of Palestinian villages, town and refugee camps in Hebron governorate, not mentioning the several checkpoints in the heart of Hebron and its Old City
The following table illustrates the locations of metal gates in Hebron until 2018:
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Town\village\ camp |
Location of gate |
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Al-Dhahiriya |
Rabud village |
Bypass road no.60 |
Al-Dhahiriya |
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Hebron southern entrance |
A;-Harayq area |
Bypass road no.60 |
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Dura |
Al-Fawwar junction |
Bypass road no.60 |
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Al-Fawwar camp |
Entrance of Al-Fawwar |
Bypass road no.60 |
Al-Fawwar camp |
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West of the village |
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Yatta |
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Yatta |
Zif junction |
Bypass road no. 3017 |
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Al-Simiya town |
Bypass road no.60 |
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Beit Einun |
Beit Einun junction\north |
Bypass road no.60 |
Khirbet Beit Einun |
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Beit Einun junction |
Beit Einun junction\south |
Bypass road no.60 |
Hebron |
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Beit Ummar |
Entrance of the village |
Bypass road no.60 |
Beit Ummar |
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Al-Arrub Camp |
In front of Al-Arrub collage |
Bypass road no.60 |
Al-Arrub camp |
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Al-Arrub Camp |
In front of Israeli watchtower |
Bypass road no.60 |
Al-Arrub camp |
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Beit Awwa |
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Beit Awwa |
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Beit Awwa |
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Fuqeiqis |
Next to Negohot colony |
Dura |
Villages of west Dura |
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Wad Al-Khalel |
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Al-Dhahiriya crossing |
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North of the town |
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Al- Jab'a |
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Idhna |
Al-Layyeh |
Bypass road no.35 |
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Hebron western entrance |
Farsh Al-Hawa |
Bypass road no.35 |
Hebron |
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Hebron northern entrance |
Jurat Buhlus |
Bypass road no.35 |
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Beit Awwa |
Al-Buq'a |
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AL-Buq'a junction |
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Hebron southern entrance |
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Bypass road no.60 |
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Bypass road no.60 |
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Tarqumiya |
Bypass road no.35 |
Idhna and Tarqumiya |
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Wad Al-Shajina |
The village entrance |
Wad Al-Shajina |
Al-Dhahiriya-Hebron road |
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Bani Na'im |
Yaqin |
Bypass road no.60 |
Bani Na'im |
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Al-Jalajil |
Bypass road no.60 |
Al-Jalajil |
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Khursa junction |
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Western villages |
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Khursa junction |
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Western villages |
Source : Field observation- Department of Monitoring Israeli Violations- Land Research Center-2018
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
