17 oct 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning destroyed walls surrounding cultivated Palestinian lands south of Nablus province, in the northern West Bank.
According to the head of Qasra’s village council, Abdul Adhim al-Wadi, Israeli bulldozers and army jeeps rolled into al-Wa’ar and Ras al-Nakhla, south of Qasra, at the crack of dawn, before they embarked on a large-scale leveling operation.
The occupation soldiers forced the Palestinian locals out of the area and proceeded with the demolition of stone walls recently built to protect cultivated land lots from abrupt assaults by Israeli settlers and untamed animal herds.
Sometime earlier, the Israeli occupation authorities handed over demolition writs to the land lords on account that the targeted tracts are located in the Israeli-run Area C.
According to the head of Qasra’s village council, Abdul Adhim al-Wadi, Israeli bulldozers and army jeeps rolled into al-Wa’ar and Ras al-Nakhla, south of Qasra, at the crack of dawn, before they embarked on a large-scale leveling operation.
The occupation soldiers forced the Palestinian locals out of the area and proceeded with the demolition of stone walls recently built to protect cultivated land lots from abrupt assaults by Israeli settlers and untamed animal herds.
Sometime earlier, the Israeli occupation authorities handed over demolition writs to the land lords on account that the targeted tracts are located in the Israeli-run Area C.
16 oct 2017
People in different parts of the globe rejoice the fall of the rain, except for Palestinian man Omar al-Hourani, 30 years old, who begins in each rainy season in Gaza along with his family a new chapter of suffering.
Omar lives with his sick mother, along with his wife and his four children in a caravan. The rainwater gets through the cracks to his belongings, as what happened to him days ago when it rained heavily, increasing the family’s suffering.
Al-Hourani's family arrived in Gaza to escape the bombing in the Syrian city of Daraa in 2011, and having four children with no work opportunity he could not afford to rent an apartment.
Wreck and poverty
When the PIC team went to visit him, the rainwater seemed to sneak through the cracks of the three tin rooms, in which he lives, which were abandoned by his relatives years ago, but he could not secure a house from charities.
Omar told the PIC reporter, “In Gaza, my wife gave birth to our four children, the oldest of whom is five and a half years old, the youngest are twins of three, and the caravan where we live is located on government land. My family is threatened with expulsion anytime. Rainwater gets through the sealing in winter and our conditions are very difficult.”
Omar bought a pack of plastic cover after he borrowed 80 shekels from a friend to cover the sealing of the rooms of the caravan and the space in front of it during winter.
“The rain drowned the caravan and I called the police, and visited the municipality. They didn’t help us, and I do not work and I live alone after all my relatives left the place. My daughter feels afraid of winter, and starts crying. All I dream of is an apartment that would accommodate us.”
Distrust
Omar’s wife pulls out of a small tin room they use as a cooking spot, expressing her lack of confidence in humanitarian institutions and NGOs.
She added to the PIC reporter, “Everyone visits us, asks for the identity papers then we do not see them afterwards. Even the Land Authority photographed the caravan and my family. They promised to give us a flat, but no one followed up. Our situation is miserable.”
Omar’s wife is angry at what she describes as favoritism that led to her family’s deprivation of having an apartment in a residential city in Gaza after her husband's name appeared in the beneficiaries’ lists. She packed her belongings and her children's clothes wishing to move to her new apartment before she knew that they got no place to move in.
A sick mother
Omar's mother looks from behind the tin door, which became wet after the last rain spell, calling on the children to stay away from the rainwater.
She notes to the PIC reporter, “Our situation is difficult and this room is drenched in rainwater, and all we demand is a small house. I am divorced for twenty years. One of my sons was killed in Syria and the others are in Turkey, Syria and Sweden, and the children here are afraid of the rain and are always crying.”
The mother is lying on a bed with fractures in her arm and leg. For three years, she has been hoping of receiving the joyous news of giving Omar and his children a house, with four walls.
Omar lives with his sick mother, along with his wife and his four children in a caravan. The rainwater gets through the cracks to his belongings, as what happened to him days ago when it rained heavily, increasing the family’s suffering.
Al-Hourani's family arrived in Gaza to escape the bombing in the Syrian city of Daraa in 2011, and having four children with no work opportunity he could not afford to rent an apartment.
Wreck and poverty
When the PIC team went to visit him, the rainwater seemed to sneak through the cracks of the three tin rooms, in which he lives, which were abandoned by his relatives years ago, but he could not secure a house from charities.
Omar told the PIC reporter, “In Gaza, my wife gave birth to our four children, the oldest of whom is five and a half years old, the youngest are twins of three, and the caravan where we live is located on government land. My family is threatened with expulsion anytime. Rainwater gets through the sealing in winter and our conditions are very difficult.”
Omar bought a pack of plastic cover after he borrowed 80 shekels from a friend to cover the sealing of the rooms of the caravan and the space in front of it during winter.
“The rain drowned the caravan and I called the police, and visited the municipality. They didn’t help us, and I do not work and I live alone after all my relatives left the place. My daughter feels afraid of winter, and starts crying. All I dream of is an apartment that would accommodate us.”
Distrust
Omar’s wife pulls out of a small tin room they use as a cooking spot, expressing her lack of confidence in humanitarian institutions and NGOs.
She added to the PIC reporter, “Everyone visits us, asks for the identity papers then we do not see them afterwards. Even the Land Authority photographed the caravan and my family. They promised to give us a flat, but no one followed up. Our situation is miserable.”
Omar’s wife is angry at what she describes as favoritism that led to her family’s deprivation of having an apartment in a residential city in Gaza after her husband's name appeared in the beneficiaries’ lists. She packed her belongings and her children's clothes wishing to move to her new apartment before she knew that they got no place to move in.
A sick mother
Omar's mother looks from behind the tin door, which became wet after the last rain spell, calling on the children to stay away from the rainwater.
She notes to the PIC reporter, “Our situation is difficult and this room is drenched in rainwater, and all we demand is a small house. I am divorced for twenty years. One of my sons was killed in Syria and the others are in Turkey, Syria and Sweden, and the children here are afraid of the rain and are always crying.”
The mother is lying on a bed with fractures in her arm and leg. For three years, she has been hoping of receiving the joyous news of giving Omar and his children a house, with four walls.
15 oct 2017
Right-wing Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennet will demand, during a government on Sunday, to cut relations with the Palestinian Authority (PA), in light of the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fateh, Israeli Channel 2 reported
Bennet will demand the cancellation of all agreements signed with the PA, including the abolition of the construction of a new residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Ramallah, and the establishment of industrial zone in Tarqumia.
He said, according to the PNN, that Israel cannot accept the reconciliation agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
He added, in a statement, “From now on, any cooperation between Israel and Abbas is cooperation with Hamas. We must make this clear, because there will be new international pressure on Israel to renew negotiations with the PA following the agreement.”
Bennet will demand the cancellation of all agreements signed with the PA, including the abolition of the construction of a new residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Ramallah, and the establishment of industrial zone in Tarqumia.
He said, according to the PNN, that Israel cannot accept the reconciliation agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas.
He added, in a statement, “From now on, any cooperation between Israel and Abbas is cooperation with Hamas. We must make this clear, because there will be new international pressure on Israel to renew negotiations with the PA following the agreement.”
14 oct 2017
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Saturday stopped construction works in an agricultural road in al-Deir area in Jordan Valley and detained truck drivers for a while.
IOF soldiers also used dirt mounds to block another road that connects the towns of Beit Awwa and Deir Samet to the villages of al-Majd, Sikka, Beit al-Roush, Deir al-Asal and others in addition to other villages southwest of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank.
This came one month after IOF troops had set up a metal gate on the main road that leads to Beit Awwa and other nearby towns causing daily traffic jams.
IOF soldiers also used dirt mounds to block another road that connects the towns of Beit Awwa and Deir Samet to the villages of al-Majd, Sikka, Beit al-Roush, Deir al-Asal and others in addition to other villages southwest of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank.
This came one month after IOF troops had set up a metal gate on the main road that leads to Beit Awwa and other nearby towns causing daily traffic jams.
3 oct 2017
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning prevented a Palestinian civilian from finalizing the construction of a residential hut in the northern Jordan Valley to take shelter in.
The Israeli soldiers cordoned off a hut under construction belonging to the Palestinian citizen Youssef Besharat in Khirbet Makhoul, in Wadi al-Malih, and seized his construction equipment.
The occupation forces threatened to send Besharat to jail in case he continues the construction process, declaring the area a closed military zone.
The Israeli occupation army has often seized Palestinian lands in the northern Jordan Valley and banned civilians from building in the area under the military pretext.
The Israeli soldiers cordoned off a hut under construction belonging to the Palestinian citizen Youssef Besharat in Khirbet Makhoul, in Wadi al-Malih, and seized his construction equipment.
The occupation forces threatened to send Besharat to jail in case he continues the construction process, declaring the area a closed military zone.
The Israeli occupation army has often seized Palestinian lands in the northern Jordan Valley and banned civilians from building in the area under the military pretext.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday night confiscated a Palestinian-owned heavy-duty vehicle used to build an agricultural road in Sebastia town, north of Nablus.
According to chief of the Sebastia municipality Mohamed Azem, Israeli soldiers aboard patrol vehicles stormed the town and confiscated a bulldozer hired to build a road for agricultural purposes.
The soldiers also arrested the driver, Mohamed Hamadenah, justifying the measure by claiming that Palestinian construction works are prohibited in Area C of the West Bank.
According to chief of the Sebastia municipality Mohamed Azem, Israeli soldiers aboard patrol vehicles stormed the town and confiscated a bulldozer hired to build a road for agricultural purposes.
The soldiers also arrested the driver, Mohamed Hamadenah, justifying the measure by claiming that Palestinian construction works are prohibited in Area C of the West Bank.
30 sept 2017
The US administration allegedly asked Israel recently to give the Palestinian Authority jurisdiction to construct a road in Area C leading to the new Palestinian Rawabi city near Ramallah.
According to the Hebrew news website, this US request practically means the transfer of limited regulatory powers in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank to the PA for the first time since the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993.
A request to construct or expand a road for the Rawabi city was tabled during the Israeli security cabinet meeting that was held a few days ago. The ministers discussed the possibility of providing gestures of economic goodwill for the Palestinians prior to the US envoy’s upcoming Middle East tour.
An informed official source told Walla that the request was completely rejected because it included the transfer of regulatory powers to the Palestinians in Area C.
The source added that the request was treated as a Palestinian attempt to enter Area C and make a political achievement under the guise of civil initiatives.
According to the Hebrew news website, this US request practically means the transfer of limited regulatory powers in the Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank to the PA for the first time since the signing of the Oslo accords in 1993.
A request to construct or expand a road for the Rawabi city was tabled during the Israeli security cabinet meeting that was held a few days ago. The ministers discussed the possibility of providing gestures of economic goodwill for the Palestinians prior to the US envoy’s upcoming Middle East tour.
An informed official source told Walla that the request was completely rejected because it included the transfer of regulatory powers to the Palestinians in Area C.
The source added that the request was treated as a Palestinian attempt to enter Area C and make a political achievement under the guise of civil initiatives.
17 sept 2017
Israeli demolition of a European-financed school in the occupied West Bank has forced Palestinian children to instead attend classes in a tent.
Palestinian activists restored some good cheer to primary school students in Jub al-Thib as they set about rebuilding their school, over the night of September 9-10, using concrete blocks.
On August 22, Israeli authorities had demolished the only school in this West Bank village, located east of Bethlehem, a day before the start of the new school year.
The Israeli occupation has banned practically all construction by Palestinians in Area C, where Jub al-Thib is located, denying them permits to do so and prohibiting the use of concrete. It destroyed the school building on the grounds of being constructed without a permit. Area C is completely controlled by Israel, as set out in the Oslo Accords signed in 1993.
The demolition left some of the 64 students in grades one through four in tears. The children had previously attended classes in warehouses and had been looking forward to a new school building. The residents of Jub al-Thib worked for months to build the since-destroyed school, the first to be erected in their village.
The European Union provided financial support for the project, and construction proceeded under the supervision of the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of education and higher education.
55 schools threatened with demolition
In an August 23 statement, the Norwegian Refugee Council said: “Right now, some 55 schools in the West Bank are threatened with demolition and ‘stop-work’ orders by Israeli authorities.” Shadi Othman, EU spokesperson in Palestine, said that 20 of the schools are EU-funded, and four, including Jub al-Thib, have been destroyed.
“The EU has taken a firm decision to provide financial support for development projects in these areas and provide all possible humanitarian services, despite the demolition threat,” Othman told Al-Monitor. “Our decision to work in Area C and implement 20 million euros worth of projects falls within the EU’s priorities. The EU will intervene immediately to find alternatives for demolished schools until new school buildings are reconstructed.”
Israel’s prohibition on construction, threats of demolition and stop-work orders all stand to negatively affect Palestinian students’ ability to obtain an education.
Lack of resources
Given the lack of resources available, West Bank municipal councils, anti-settlement committees and other local organisations and prominent figures in Area C work in cooperation with foreign donors in efforts to counter such actions and find alternatives and solutions.
In the case of Jub al-Thib, for instance, to get around the prohibition on concrete, residents had seized on teaching students in warehouses before the proper school building, which had a steel frame, could be erected. After Israel demolished the school, tents were erected on the site so students could continue to attend classes.
In the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, in East Jerusalem, 170 students are studying in a school that was built out of tires and mud in 2009 after Israel banned construction with cement. They were inspired by such buildings in poor and marginalized areas elsewhere in the world, such as in parts of Colombia.
“This, however, did not stop Israel’s multiple demolition threats,” said Uday Abu Khamis, community spokesperson for the Bedouin in East Jerusalem. “Before building this school, the village had no school. The nearest one was 15 kilometres (9 miles) away. Given the poor means of transportation, it was difficult for students to commute and get to their classes, especially girls. The school, cobbled together from mud and used tires, gives our children the opportunity of having an education up to the ninth grade.”
Tents are the sole alternative
According to Sadek Khodor, spokesman for the PA Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the ban and demolition threats force the ministry to operate within the margins allowed and to expend energy finding quick alternatives to much-needed schools in cooperation with parents and the local communities threatened with demolition orders. He told Al-Monitor that the structures the communities do manage to construct are called “schools of defiance.”
Khodor added: “The government does not apply to these schools the same standards that apply to other schools. We give priority to filling all their needs irrespective of the cost. Sometimes we even assign one teacher [when there are only] two or three students, as is the case in the Arab Kaabneh Bedouin elementary school in Jericho.” The government hopes that by showing flexibility, it will encourage other communities to open educational facilities regardless of the number of students and type of facility.
Stressing the importance of finding alternatives for demolished schools, Khodor emphasized that his ministry is determined to prevent demolition orders from cutting short the educational process. He explained that when a school receives a demolition notice or a construction moratorium, legal follow-up is provided through a ministerial defence committee and contacts with international bodies to pressure Israel into withdrawing the order. Typically, the courts might postpone a demolition order, but not cancel it.
Although not ideal, the classroom work-arounds so far developed are better than having no schools at all. For the students and their families, the schools are one more means to fight Israeli attempts to force them off of their land.
by Aziz Nofal, Al Monitor/Days of Palestine
Palestinian activists restored some good cheer to primary school students in Jub al-Thib as they set about rebuilding their school, over the night of September 9-10, using concrete blocks.
On August 22, Israeli authorities had demolished the only school in this West Bank village, located east of Bethlehem, a day before the start of the new school year.
The Israeli occupation has banned practically all construction by Palestinians in Area C, where Jub al-Thib is located, denying them permits to do so and prohibiting the use of concrete. It destroyed the school building on the grounds of being constructed without a permit. Area C is completely controlled by Israel, as set out in the Oslo Accords signed in 1993.
The demolition left some of the 64 students in grades one through four in tears. The children had previously attended classes in warehouses and had been looking forward to a new school building. The residents of Jub al-Thib worked for months to build the since-destroyed school, the first to be erected in their village.
The European Union provided financial support for the project, and construction proceeded under the supervision of the Palestinian Authority’s ministry of education and higher education.
55 schools threatened with demolition
In an August 23 statement, the Norwegian Refugee Council said: “Right now, some 55 schools in the West Bank are threatened with demolition and ‘stop-work’ orders by Israeli authorities.” Shadi Othman, EU spokesperson in Palestine, said that 20 of the schools are EU-funded, and four, including Jub al-Thib, have been destroyed.
“The EU has taken a firm decision to provide financial support for development projects in these areas and provide all possible humanitarian services, despite the demolition threat,” Othman told Al-Monitor. “Our decision to work in Area C and implement 20 million euros worth of projects falls within the EU’s priorities. The EU will intervene immediately to find alternatives for demolished schools until new school buildings are reconstructed.”
Israel’s prohibition on construction, threats of demolition and stop-work orders all stand to negatively affect Palestinian students’ ability to obtain an education.
Lack of resources
Given the lack of resources available, West Bank municipal councils, anti-settlement committees and other local organisations and prominent figures in Area C work in cooperation with foreign donors in efforts to counter such actions and find alternatives and solutions.
In the case of Jub al-Thib, for instance, to get around the prohibition on concrete, residents had seized on teaching students in warehouses before the proper school building, which had a steel frame, could be erected. After Israel demolished the school, tents were erected on the site so students could continue to attend classes.
In the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, in East Jerusalem, 170 students are studying in a school that was built out of tires and mud in 2009 after Israel banned construction with cement. They were inspired by such buildings in poor and marginalized areas elsewhere in the world, such as in parts of Colombia.
“This, however, did not stop Israel’s multiple demolition threats,” said Uday Abu Khamis, community spokesperson for the Bedouin in East Jerusalem. “Before building this school, the village had no school. The nearest one was 15 kilometres (9 miles) away. Given the poor means of transportation, it was difficult for students to commute and get to their classes, especially girls. The school, cobbled together from mud and used tires, gives our children the opportunity of having an education up to the ninth grade.”
Tents are the sole alternative
According to Sadek Khodor, spokesman for the PA Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the ban and demolition threats force the ministry to operate within the margins allowed and to expend energy finding quick alternatives to much-needed schools in cooperation with parents and the local communities threatened with demolition orders. He told Al-Monitor that the structures the communities do manage to construct are called “schools of defiance.”
Khodor added: “The government does not apply to these schools the same standards that apply to other schools. We give priority to filling all their needs irrespective of the cost. Sometimes we even assign one teacher [when there are only] two or three students, as is the case in the Arab Kaabneh Bedouin elementary school in Jericho.” The government hopes that by showing flexibility, it will encourage other communities to open educational facilities regardless of the number of students and type of facility.
Stressing the importance of finding alternatives for demolished schools, Khodor emphasized that his ministry is determined to prevent demolition orders from cutting short the educational process. He explained that when a school receives a demolition notice or a construction moratorium, legal follow-up is provided through a ministerial defence committee and contacts with international bodies to pressure Israel into withdrawing the order. Typically, the courts might postpone a demolition order, but not cancel it.
Although not ideal, the classroom work-arounds so far developed are better than having no schools at all. For the students and their families, the schools are one more means to fight Israeli attempts to force them off of their land.
by Aziz Nofal, Al Monitor/Days of Palestine
16 sept 2017
Israeli forces Saturday ordered a halt to work on opening an agricultural road in the village of al-Khadr, south of the city of Bethlehem in the West Bank, according to Ahmad Salah, a local activist.
He told Quds Press that Israeli forces stopped work on the road that is supposed to serve several farmers in the area and which was funded by the Basque Agency for Development Cooperation for the sake of helping farmers access their lands in rugged areas.
The soldiers informed the workers from Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees that they would confiscate their vehicles and tools if they continue to work on the road.
He told Quds Press that Israeli forces stopped work on the road that is supposed to serve several farmers in the area and which was funded by the Basque Agency for Development Cooperation for the sake of helping farmers access their lands in rugged areas.
The soldiers informed the workers from Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees that they would confiscate their vehicles and tools if they continue to work on the road.
10 sept 2017
A number of poor families in the central Gaza Strip have received recently household solar power kits funded by Relief International and donors from South Africa.
The families, who benefited from this initiative, were selected carefully according to the criteria of most needy first under the supervision of lawmakers from the Hamas parliamentary bloc.
MP Huda Na’iem stated, in press remarks, the population in Gaza suffers greatly from the problem of electricity, especially the poor families who need to live a decent life like others.
She said that providing homes with solar power systems is considered one of the most important projects that aim to improve the living conditions of poor families in Gaza and alleviate their suffering.
The families, who benefited from this initiative, were selected carefully according to the criteria of most needy first under the supervision of lawmakers from the Hamas parliamentary bloc.
MP Huda Na’iem stated, in press remarks, the population in Gaza suffers greatly from the problem of electricity, especially the poor families who need to live a decent life like others.
She said that providing homes with solar power systems is considered one of the most important projects that aim to improve the living conditions of poor families in Gaza and alleviate their suffering.
30 aug 2017
The Israeli municipality on Wednesday morning demolished the foundation and remaining parts of a Palestinian house in Lod city in the central district of Israel after it forced its owners to knock it down with their own hands a few months ago.
Israeli police forces at dawn stormed and cordoned off the neighborhood where the house is located before bulldozers embarked on removing its remaining structure.
The municipality justified its action by claiming the house was built with no permit, although the owners’ requests to obtain construction authorization were always declined.
Al-Faqir family, who owns the house, said it was built to accommodate one of its members who was going to get married soon.
The family complains that the Israeli authorities refuse to give the Arab natives of the city construction permits or find housing solutions for them.
Israeli police forces at dawn stormed and cordoned off the neighborhood where the house is located before bulldozers embarked on removing its remaining structure.
The municipality justified its action by claiming the house was built with no permit, although the owners’ requests to obtain construction authorization were always declined.
Al-Faqir family, who owns the house, said it was built to accommodate one of its members who was going to get married soon.
The family complains that the Israeli authorities refuse to give the Arab natives of the city construction permits or find housing solutions for them.
16 aug 2017
Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Wednesday issued stop-construction orders against Palestinian houses near Yatta city to the south of al-Khalil and distributed a number of demolition notices in Silwan in Occupied Jerusalem.
Coordinator of the national committee against the wall and settlements south of al-Khalil, Rateb al-Jabour, said that Israeli occupation forces accompanied Administration Committee members who distributed stop-work notices against three houses in Khirbet Janaba to the east of Yatta under the pretext that they are located in Area C.
Following Oslo II Accord in 1995, the West Bank was divided into three divisions: Areas A, B and C which comprise 18%, 21% and 61% of the West Bank respectively.
Area A is exclusively administered by the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Area B is administered by both the PA and Israel, while Area C is completely controlled by Israel; therefore, any Palestinian projects to be implemented in Area C require the approval of the Israeli authorities.
Meanwhile in Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality crews distributed new demolition notices against a number of Palestinian houses in Silwan town.
On Tuesday, Israeli bulldozers demolished two houses in Silwan under the pretext that they lacked the required licenses.
Coordinator of the national committee against the wall and settlements south of al-Khalil, Rateb al-Jabour, said that Israeli occupation forces accompanied Administration Committee members who distributed stop-work notices against three houses in Khirbet Janaba to the east of Yatta under the pretext that they are located in Area C.
Following Oslo II Accord in 1995, the West Bank was divided into three divisions: Areas A, B and C which comprise 18%, 21% and 61% of the West Bank respectively.
Area A is exclusively administered by the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Area B is administered by both the PA and Israel, while Area C is completely controlled by Israel; therefore, any Palestinian projects to be implemented in Area C require the approval of the Israeli authorities.
Meanwhile in Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality crews distributed new demolition notices against a number of Palestinian houses in Silwan town.
On Tuesday, Israeli bulldozers demolished two houses in Silwan under the pretext that they lacked the required licenses.
19 july 2017
The Israeli occupation army on Tuesday ordered Palestinian citizens to halt the building of two homes in al-Arroub refugee camp, north of al-Khalil city in the West Bank, at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Local sources said that Israeli officials from the army’s civil administration escorted by soldiers delivered stop-work orders against two homes under construction belonging to Ahmed Ghanem and Abdul-Fattah Jawabrah.
The officials also took pictures of two other homes in the camp, amid fears of Israeli intents to demolish them.
Several homes under construction in al-Khalil province have been given stop-work orders in recent weeks.
Local sources said that Israeli officials from the army’s civil administration escorted by soldiers delivered stop-work orders against two homes under construction belonging to Ahmed Ghanem and Abdul-Fattah Jawabrah.
The officials also took pictures of two other homes in the camp, amid fears of Israeli intents to demolish them.
Several homes under construction in al-Khalil province have been given stop-work orders in recent weeks.
