Violation: land ravaging.

Location: Yanun village /Nablus governorate.

Date: 6/01/2019.

Perpetrators: settlers of “hill 777” outpost.

Victims: Farmers from the town.

Description:

In the early morning hours of Sunday, machineries and bulldozers related to the outpost “hill 777” were seen ravaging Palestinian lands in Khallet Albic.

Yanun village council head Rashid Marar said that settlers of (Hill 777) are ravaging about 30 dunums of the town’s lands that belong to heirs of Mahmoud Abu Subaih and heirs of  Ghalib Abu Subaih.

The owners of the land were threatened to be shot in case they came close to the ravaging site.

About Al-Yanun:

Yanun is 15 km to the east of Nablus city. There is not any road network that connects the village to the city except the old road which was renovated only lately. The street leads to 'Aqraba village. The village borders extend to reach 'Aqraba, Beit Furik, and 'Awarta villages. To the east there is Makhola colony and by-pass Road 90. The total area of the village is 16,000 dunums including 1,668 dunums built up area.

According to Palestinian official sources, there are 102 people living in the village, most of them belong to Bani Jaber and Marar clans. Some of the residents are refugees originally from the occupied village of 'Ajur which was occupied and destroyed back in 1948. Itamar colony has been expanding on the village lands as it took over more than 503 dunums from the village till now.

About “Hill 777” outpost:

“Hill 777” outpost was established in 2000 on Yanun lands, Hill 777 is related to Itamar colony, which is built on confiscated lands From Awarta , Aqraba , Beit Furik and Rujib.  Itamar settlers established several outposts , one of them is Hill 777 6 km away (east),  the outposts’ settlers take over hundreds of dunums , and they are armed, and threaten to shoot any Palestinian that enters the area.

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