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Violation: Removal notices for a residence and a barn.

Location: Khirbet Ibziq / Tubas governorate.

Date: September 15^th 2020.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Occupation Archeology Department in the Civil Administration.

Victims: Citizen Abdullah Ghanam.

Description:

Tuesday, September 15^th 2020, The Israeli Occupation Forces accompanied by an Archeology officer in the Israeli Civil Administration raided Khirbet Ibziq north Tubas , and gave citizen Abdullah Ghannam (28) a military order to remove two tents (a tent consist of a metal body , plastic and zinc sheets with a total area of (60 m²)  used as a residence, and another one similar to it used as a barn).

According to the military order number (00508) the occupation gave the owner one week to remove the building on the pretext of violating an archeological site.

Notice number (00508) which targets a facility that belongs to Abdullah Ghannam

The targeted facilities

The Owner supports a family of 5 , 3 of them are children, and lived in the Khirbet all his life , Ghannam depend mainly on agriculture and cattle breeding for living .

During the last few years, the occupation served several notices on the Khirebt on the pretext of violating an Archeological site, among the targeted structures was (At-Tahadi schhol 10), part of the school was demolished on the pretext of violating an archeological site.

 Khirbet Ibziq is 8 km east of Tubas and is a targeted Bedouin gathering, just like the Khirbets of Samra, Ainon and Hamsa. Its inhabitants depend on sheep grazing and agriculture as sources of living and on wood and sackcloth for building their dwellings. They lack basic daily services like water and electricity. They can get water by carrying jars of water from Tubas to Ibziq; a journey of 8 km.

38 Bedouin families live in Ibziq; that is 256 people. 16 out of the 38 families live permanently in the area while others are nomads- according to the head of Ibziq community. Ibziq was named after Bazqin, a religious figure buried in the place.

The area of Ibziq is 8,000 dunums- 5,000 of which are considered Jordanian crown land Bedouins are not allowed to take advantage of because of Israeli continuous attacks, the latest of which were the eviction orders. The lands are considered closed military zone and lands for military practice.

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