Violation: Demolishing a house and notifying other two houses.

Location: Beit Sira village / North West Ramallah.

Date: September 10^th -17^th 2020.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Three families from the village.

Description:

Thursday, September 17^th 2020 , the Israeli Occupation forces raided Beit Sira village northwest Ramallah , and carried on demolishing a house located northwest the village , and about 1700 m away from the Annexation and Expansion wall.

The house was notified in June 15^th 2020, with a military order entitled “Removal of a new building” , numbered (10148) , issued in reference to military order (1797) which gives the owner only 96 hours to evict his house.

Notice number (10148) that targets Mohammed’s house

Owner of the targeted house Mohammed ‘Anqawi told LRC:

“I support a family of six members (four of them are children) , early this year I started building a house for my family , Once the first floor (210 m²) was completed specifically in June 15^th 2020 I received a notice to evict the house within 96 hours , then in coordination with Jerusalem Legal aid and Human Rights center,  I filed an objection in Beit El military court . The Occupation refused the objection , and in  June 19^th 2020  the occupation forces and bulldozers came by to implement the demolition, but people of the village made a human shield around the house and managed to stop the demolition. I filed a petition to the Israeli supreme court in June 23^rd 2020 to cancel the demolition order but the petition was refused in July 29^th . Today the occupation invaded the village at 2:00 am, while the village people were asleep and carried out the demolition. The construction of the house cost 350 thousand shekels.

Noteworthy, in June 24^th, the occupation demolished a house at the same location following a notice issued in reference to military order 1797..

Photos 1+2: Rubble of the targeted house.

Halt of Work notices for two under construction houses:

The Building inspector of the building and organization subcommittee raided Beit Sira village in the morning of Thursday, September 10^th 2020, and gave halt of work notices for two houses.

According to the military orders the occupation set Tuesday Oct 13^th 2020, as the date of the subcommittee session in Beit El military court to decide the fate of the structure.

The following table shows more information about the targeted houses:

Photo 3+4: The targeted houses

Yousif Al-Haj from Beit Sira village council told LRC:

“The Occupation gave halt of work notices for 20 residential and commercial facilities, most of them are at the northern and western sides of the village, the occupation is clearly trying to empty the village for future colonial projects, as many of its houses are now notified.”

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