Land Research Center

Violation: Halt of Work notice for a house.

Location: Al- Deir village - Al-Bayda / Tubas Governorate.

Date: June 24^th 2021.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Citizen Fawzi Abu Mtawe’a.

Description:

Thursday, June 24^th 2021, The Israeli occupation forces accompanied by the building inspector in the civil administration raided Ad-Deir village southeast ‘Ein Al-Bayda in Tubas Governorate, and gave citizen Fawzi Abu Mtawe’a a halt of work military order for his residence, on the pretext of building without a license.

The affected family composes of 6 members ,3 of them are children.

The residence is built of woods, plastic sheets, and steel sheets, with a total area of 24 m², and a Zinc pergola (6 m²).

According to notice number (32716) the occupation sat July 12^th 2021, as the date of the subcommittee session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.

Citizen Fawza Abu Mtawe’a told LRC the following:

“I’ve been living in Ad-Deir area for more than 20 years, and I breed cows to provide for my family , noting that the occupation is imposing tight restrictions on us. Two years ago, the occupation killed two cows using explosions in “Umm Al-Ushaish” bridge, they also demolished our tents in Ad-Dair and dispossessed my family.”.

 The targeted residence

Order 312716 targets a house belongs to citizen Fawzi Abu Mtawe’a

Khirbet Al-Deir is located nearby the Jordanian borders, and before the Israeli occupation of 1967 the area was alive with farmers, and it was a passage between the West Bank and Jordan, the situation changed after the Israeli occupation, since that time the area is heavily targeted by Israeli arbitrary measurements, and farmers numbers are decreasing continuously. construction is banned at the area, and the occupation implanted land mines around the area, which killed a large number of heads of sheep.

Noteworthy, people of the area hold legal papers that prove they own the land, but the occupation still insists