Violation: Demolition of a house and a store.

Location: Kardala village / Tubas governorate

Date: February 15^th 2022.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Two Citizens from Faqha family.

Description:

In February 15^th 2022, The Israeli Occupation Forces Accompanied by the building inspector at the Israeli Civil Administration raided Kardala village at the northern Jordan Valley, and served a demolition order for a facility to store vegetables, in addition to an under-construction residence, on the pretext of building without a license.

The Military order was entitled “A final Halt of Work and Demolition order”, which ordered the halt of work and demolishing what was built in 7 days, and threatened to carry out the demolition after the deadline, noting that the facilities received a demolition order in April 2021.

The following table shows more information about the targeted facilities

Kardala village is heavily targeted by the occupation, as most of its lands are classified C in the Oslo accords. The Occupation served a demolition notice for more than 21 facilities, in addition to the village only mosque also received a halt of work order, these measures aim to empty the land to keep it as a reserve for future colonial expansion, the village has a population of 145 people from Tubas , who depend on agriculture as a main source of income.

Legal Feedback:

The demolition of Palestinian homes and structures by the occupation authorities is part of their violations of international and humanitarian law, such as:

The Fourth Geneva Convention, Article 147, stipulates that “extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly” is a “grave breach” of the Convention.

Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1948 prohibits the destruction of property, as this article states the following: “The occupying power is prohibited from destroying any private, fixed or movable property related to individuals or groups, the state or public authorities, or social or cooperative organizations, unless the war operations inevitably require this destruction.

Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “No protected person may be punished for an offense he or she has not personally committed.

Paragraph ‘g’ of Article 23 of the Hague Convention of 1907 AD also warned against destroying or seizing the enemy’s property, unless the necessities of war necessarily require such destruction or seizure.