- Violation: Demolishing a house under “Security” claims.
- Location: Tura Village \ Jenin Governorate.
- Date: December 27th 2020.
- Perpetrators: The Israeli Occupation Forces.
- Victims: Family of prisoner Mohammed Qubha.
Description:
A Massive army force accompanied by a special force raided Tura village Sunday December 27th , and targeted a house belong to Prisoner Mohammed Qubha (40) , who was arrested and detained by the occupation authorities under security accusations , the force forced Qubha’s family to evict the house , and took measurements of the second floor leveling to demolish it without even a written notice. Reportedly, the targeted structure is a two-floor building , the first building has a total area of 120 m2, and inhabited by Mohammed’s parents, and the second floor is inhabited by Mohammed and his family (6 members , 2 are children).
Photos 1-2: The targeted house
Mohammed’s father , Morawah Qubha (72) told LRC:
“The Occupation’s accusations are illogical, my son is a freelancer and is not related to any political partiy. the occupation forced him to confess of doing something he didn’t do under torture, he was previously prisoned and he suffers from a 25% mental deficiency , and the apartment he lives at with his family actually belong to his brother Mohanned, the occupation is practicing its arbitrary and illegal policies against us.”
It should be marked that the order was issued in reference to the British Emergency Law for the year 1945, taking into consideration that this law was abolished. “Confiscation and demolition” according to article 119 of the law indicates that it is not allowed to re-construct in the demolition location. The body of the article is as follows:
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
