- Violations: Halt of Work notices.
- Date: February 14th 2021.
- Location: Yatma town / Nablus governorate.
- Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.
- Victims: 12 people at Yatma village.
Description:
February 14th 2021, The Israeli Occupation authorities served a halt of work notice for 12 houses on the pretext of building without a license, in Yatma south Hebron.
Yatma village council head Mohammed Snobar said: “ a massive army force accompanied by the civil administration raided the village, the building inspector wrote the notices , hanged them on the targeted structures, and took pictures of them before withdrawing.”
The Occupation authorities ordered the immediate stoppage of construction works at the house , and sat March 1st 2021, as the date of the building and organization session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structures.
Yatma village council head said that the affected citizens contacted the Legal Aid and Human Rights Center in Jerusalem for legal aid , And the later submitted objections on the notices.
The following table shows more information about the targeted structures:
Affected citizen |
Area m2 |
Military order number |
The targeted facility |
Nabeeh Najjar |
250 |
Under construction house / two floors +an excavated area |
|
Mohammed Abdulqader |
700 |
Under construction house / surrounded by a wall |
|
Ibeahim Najjar |
250 |
One floor house / under construction + preparations for a second floor |
|
Yazeed Khdair |
700 |
Two floors house ready and inhabited + a nearby building |
|
Nidal Snoubar |
700 |
Inhabited Two floors house + a nearby building |
|
Iyad Abu Baker |
750 |
Two floors building inhabited + a nearby building |
|
Mesa’ab Abu Baker |
600 |
Two floors house + surrounded by a bricks wall |
|
Mahmoud Najjar |
250 |
3 floors house / ready to be inhabited |
|
Anas Farah |
400 |
Two floors house / ready to be inhabited |
|
Mo’en Najjar |
1000 |
Four floor house under construction + an excavated area |
|
Mohammed Najjar |
1000 |
Two floors house under construction + baton floor around it |
|
Muhie Najjar |
200 |
Two floors house inhabited + baton wall around it |
About Yatma village:[1]
14 Km south Nablus city , Yatma is surrounded by Bita (North), As-Sawiya and Yasuf (west), Qablan (east) and As-Sawiya village (south). Yatma has a total population of 2853 people according to 2007 censusÙˆ with a total area of 2952 dunums , of which 392 dunums are a built up area for the village.
Bypass roads devoured 164 dunums , as segments of bypasses 60 and 505 pass-through the village . Oslo accords divided the village’s lands as the following:
• B area : with a total area of 912 dunums (31%).
• C area: with a total area of 2040 dunums (69%).
[1] GIS-LRC
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