- Violation: Demolishing a Car Repair Shop.
- Date: August 25th 2021.
- Location: Al-Harayiq / Hebron Governorate.
- Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
- Victims: Citizen Muntassir Al-‘Ewaiwi.
Description:
Wednesday, August 25th 2021, The Israeli Occupation Forces and machineries demolished a car repair shop on the pretext of building without a license in Hebron Southern entrance.
About 8:00 am, a massive army force, border guards, officers, and employees at the Civil Administration raided Al-Harayeq area along with massive bulldozers and leveled a car repair shop belongs to citizen Muntassir Al-‘Ewaiwi , the occupation forces surrounded the location and leveled the structure.
The targeted structure has a total area of (100 m2) built of steel sheets fixed on a baton floor, the occupation’s machineries demolished the structures and ravaged the baton floor.
The machineries also demolished a caravan with a total area of 20 m2 used as an office and resting place for workers.
Photos 1+2: The ruins of the demolition – Hebron Southern entrance
Al-‘Ewaiwi established the shop in 2017 , to provide a source of income for his family of 4 , 2 of them are children.
In 2019, the Occupation forces issued a halt of work notice for the structures. The Owner however hired a lawyer to file an objection and prepare a legal file, but the occupation forces never provide construction licenses for Palestinians.
Noteworthy, Beit Hagai colony is illegally built on the Hebron Northern entrance, and overviews Al-Harayeq area, the area is always packed by the occupation troops, who impose movement restrictions on Palestinian citizens.
Land Research Center LRC sees that demolitions contradict with all of the International conventions and Humanitarian laws including:
Article 147 of Geneva fourth convention : extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly. ( it is considered a serious violation of the convention)
Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1948 prohibits the destruction of property, as this article states the following: “The occupying power is prohibited from destroying any private, fixed or movable property related to individuals or groups, the state or public authorities, or social or cooperative organizations, unless the war operations inevitably require this destruction.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed.
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
