Violation: destroying a number of facilities
Location: Yatta/ Hebron governorate
Date: 29/10/2014
Perpetrators: the Civil Administration of the Israeli occupation CA
Victims: citizens from the Khashem ed-Daraj
Details:
On 29/10/2014, the authorities of the occupation demolished residences and barns owned by citizens from the area of Khashem ed-Daraj, southeast of Yatta in Hebron governorate.
Citizen Mohamad al-Faqir (30) asserted that a force of the occupation and the Civil Administration accompanied by two JCB brand diggers in addition to workers from a private company raided the village at 10:00 am where the diggers embarked on demolishing structures.
Al-Faqir also added: "the demolished structures were located outside the village's built-up area".
It should be marked that the authorities of the occupation carried out on September 10th 2014 a demolition operation in Khashem ed-Daraj under the same pretext. For further information about the later demolition, please read through Land Research center LRC report entitled : " The Israeli occupation demolishes residences and agricultural structures in Yatta" (Ar, Eng).
The destroyed structures belong to the following citizens:
Musafa al-Tabaneh : the occupation demolished his 50m2 house (made of metal slabs) in which his 7member family live in addition to a 2m2 bathroom.
Ali al-Tabaneh: the occupation demolished his 50m2 house (made of metal slabs) in which his 7member family live. In addition , a bathroom and a 40m2 cave (for animals) were also destroyed in the operation.
Ahmad al-Tabaneh: the occupation demolished his 60m2 barn (used for sheep), which is built by metal corners wrapped with barbed wires.
Photos 1-4: scenes of the demolition
Land Research Center LRC sees that demolitions contradict with all the International conventions and Humanitarian laws including:
Article 17 of the (1948) Universal Declaration of Human Rights stating: “Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.”
Section ‹G› of article 23 of the (1907) The Hague Conventions asserting: “In addition to the prohibitions provided by special Conventions, it is especially forbidden to destroy or seize the enemy's property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war.”
Article 53 of the Geneva Fourth Convention (1948) declaring: “Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.”
Section 1, Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966): “The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. The States Parties will take appropriate steps to ensure the realization of this right, recognizing to this effect the essential importance of international co-operation based on free consent."
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