Violation: serving Halt of work and demolition order.

Location: Khallet Al-Louza/ Bethlehem governorate

Date: April, 2018

Perpetrators: The Israel occupation Civil Administration and Army.

Victims: Maher Suliman’s family.

Description:

• Israeli Occupation Authorities served on April, 2018 a Halt of work and demolition order targeting residences in Khallet Al-Louza on the claim of “unlicensed construction”.

Affected citizen Maher Suliman told LRC observer:

“My family and I now live in a rented house in Bethlehem, I own a land in Khallet Al-Luzeh (500 m²), so I built a small house (consists of 2 rooms) as a start to live in with my family.

Neighbors told me that Israeli troops and their machineries were surrounding my property, when I headed to the location I found the Halt of work and demolition order under a brick there.

Once I received the order, I prepared the legal documents hoping to save my home.”

Halt of work and demolition order

 The notified structure

The following table provides information about the affected citizen:

Khallet Al Louza:[1]

Khallet Al Louza is located 3 kilometers to the southeast of Bethlehem City. It’s bounded by Hindaza and Artas villages from the north, Abu Njeim village from the south, Rakhma and Beit Falouh villages from the west and the Israeli segregation wall (which annexes the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.)

Khallet Al Louza has a population of (645) people in (2017), And a total population of 8999 dunums, 161 of them are the town’s built up area.

Oslo agreement divided the land to 3 parts:

Area A : (6081) dunums.

Area B : (942) dunums.

Area C : (1976) dunums.

[1] GIS-LRC

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