2021-11-03

The Israeli Occupation Demolished an Agricultural Room in Burqa village /Ramallah Governorate


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Violation: Demolition of an agricultural room and confiscating a caravan.

Location: Al-Qama area – Burqa village / Ramallah Governorate.

Date: November 3rd 2021.

Perpetrators: The building inspector at the Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Citizen Ahmed Abu As-So’ud.

Description:

Wednesday morning, November 3rd 2021, the Israeli Occupation bulldozers raided Burqa village north Ramallah city , and demolished an agricultural room with a total area of 48 m2  built of bricks . In addition to confiscating a caravan belongs to citizen Ahmed Abu As-So’ud on the pretext of building without a license.

Noteworthy, A Massive Army forces raided the location , and after the demolition operation, the confiscated property was taken to a nearby military camp.

The following table shows more information about the damages:


Affected citizen



Family members



Children under 18



Females



Area m2



The violation



Ahmed Abu As-So’ud



4



2



2



48



Demolition of an agricultural room and demolishing a caravan



Abu As-So’ud built the agricultural room in September 2019 to be used as a store for agricultural tools , but the occupation quickly targeted it with  a halt of work notice on the pretext of building without a license , the owner later submitted an application with official ownership papers, but the occupation refused the application and carried out the demolition.

The targeted location is 500 m away from bypass 60, located within a relatively safe agricultural area.

Photos of the demolished agricultural room

Burqa village:[1]

10 km east Ramallah, Burqa is bordered by Beitin (north), Al-Bireh and Kafar Aqab – Bizgout and Kokhav Ya’acov settlement – (west), Deir Dibwan (east) and Mikhmas (south).

Burqa has a population of 2047 people according to 2017 census.

Burqa has a total area of 6,065 dunums , of which 264 dunums are a built up area.

Israeli settlers built “Megron” outpost, in addition to “Kokhav Ya’acov” settlement which was established in 1984 and ate up 284 dunums of Burqa lands, and inhabited by 3,819 settlers.

Bypass 60 also devoured about 160 dunums.

Oslo accords divided Burqa lands as the following:

  • B area : (504) dunums.
  • C area : (5,561 ) dunums.





[1] GIS-LRC


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