Halt of Work Notices for Jit and An-Nabi Elyas Villages/ Qalqilya governorate

• Violation: Halt of work notice for facilities.
• Location: Jit and An-Nabi Elyas / Qalqilya governorate.
• Date: February 2^nd -3^rd 2021.
• Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
• Victims: Three Palestinian families.

Description:

Wednesday, February 3^rd 2021, The Construction Inspection Officer at the Civil Administration raided An-Nabi Elyas village east Qalqilya , and targeted under construction stores , and a Cars’ styling shop west the village , with halt of work notices on the pretext of building without a license , the occupation set February 17^th as the date of the subcommittee session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.

The targeted facilities were as follows:

Noteworthy, An-Nabi Elyas like many other Palestinian communities have been heavily targeted by the occupation through construction bans, which leaves facilities out of the construction area under demolition sword, about 35 facilities at the community received halt of works notices on the pretext of building without a license in 2020.

Notices in Jit village:

February 2^nd 2021, the occupation authorities issued a halt of work notice for a retaining wall (about 80 m*2 m), that surrounds a plot east Jit, the plot belong to Khamees Yameen from the village.

According to the military notice number (30557) , the occupation set February 17^th 2021 , as the date of the subcommittee session to discuss whether to demolish the building or returning it to its previous status.

Noteworthy, about 70 residential and agricultural facilities in Jit received halt of work notice , the village’s built up area does not cover citizen’s needs, which leaves them with one option ; to build in C area  , which exposes them to Israeli Human Right Violations.

The village has a total area of 6460 dunums, of which 243 are a built up area , the occupation confiscated 1200 dunums to serve colonial schemes represented in Building Kedumim    colony at the northwestern side , and Gela’ad Zohar northeast the village, these colonial illegal communities impose a real threat on people of Jit.