- Violation: demolishing 4 houses under security claims.
- Date: 28/11/2019.
- Location: Beit Kahil village / Hebron governorate.
- Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation army.
- Victims: Said Zuhoor & Salih, Ahmad and Qassim ‘Asafra.
Description:
Tuesday, November 28th 2019, the Israeli occupation forces destroyed 4 houses in Beit Kahil village, under security claims. The operation serves as a collective punishment, after the Israeli occupation claimed that members of the victim families, or owners of the targeted houses killed an Israeli soldier close to “Migdal Oz”.
A Massive army force accompanied by Caterpillar bulldozers and heavy machineries raided the village after midnight on Wednesday, prohibited Journalists and activists from approaching the location, before they carried out the demolition.
Photos 1-4 : photos after the demolition
The demolition operation affected the following people:
- House of Said Az-Zuhoor : the house has an area of (200 m2) , and built of stones and concrete, it is inhabited since 2018 , the house is a home for a family of 7, 4 of them are children , among them Said’s son (Yousif 22) , who is accused of participating in killing an Israeli soldier close to “Migdal Oz” settlement.
- House of Salih Al-‘Asafara: This is a second-floor apartment , it has an area of 120 m2, built of stones and cement , and was a home for a family of 6, among them the owner’s son (Nassir 24), who is also arrested under accusations of participating in the operation.
- House of Ahmad Al-‘Asafra: The house is built of stones and cement, and inhabited since (2010) , with an area of (120 m2), it was a home for a family of 7, 3 of them are children , the occupation authorities arrested the supporter of the family (35) , who is also accused of participating in the operation.
- House of Qassim Al-‘Asafra: the house is built of cement , with an area of (145 m2) , and inhabited since 2014, it was a home for a family of 4, 2 of them are children , the occupation authorities arrested Qassim and his wife Inas (26 years) , who are also accused of participating in the operation.
In 12/9/2019, the occupation authorities issued demolition orders on the four houses as collective punishment after accusing family members of killing an Israeli soldier , owners of the houses got help from an Israeli Human Rights organization named HaMoked , who filed a petition to the Israeli occupation supreme court , but the supreme court ratified the demolition order and refused the petition in (12/11/2019), the owners took out their furniture from their houses , and waited for their dark fate.
Security demolition:
It should be marked that the order was issued in reference to the British Emergency Law of year 1945, taking into consideration that this law was abolished.
According to article 119 of that law, “Confiscation” of property means that the owner can not re-build structures in case of demolition. Land Research Center sees Israeli practices and measures as a collective punishment against the families of martyrs and prisoners. The occupation seeks to traumatize and humiliate Palestinian families through such practices.
The Israeli government claims such orders to be deterrent for Palestinians who carry out stabbing attacks. Such attacks come in response for colonists’ attacks on Palestinians, the latest of which was represented in torching a family alive, not mentioning running over kids and women, attacks on trees (torching , cutting down, robbing) and lands confiscation
Since Al-Aqsa uprising of 2015 until the date of this report, Israeli Occupation Forces demolished 68 residences, of which 14 were demolished in 2018 , the occupation also demolished 13 houses under security claims.
The Land Research Center
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