Violation : Demolishing two rooms and a cistern.

Date: January 08- 2020.

Location: Al-Burj village – Dura / Hebron governorate.

Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation civil administration.

Victims: Mufeed and Islam At-Talahmeh.

Description :

Wednesday, January 8^th 2020 , The Israeli occupation authorities demolished two agricultural rooms and a cistern that belong to citizens from Al-Burj south Hebron, on the pretext of building without licenses.

An Eyewitness said that an army force , a vehicle from the building and organization department and a bulldozer , raided the area of Umm Baghla about 8:00 am , circulated the targets , and the bulldozer leveled the structures to the ground.

The targeted facilities belong to :

Farmer Mufeed At-Talahma : the demolished structure is a roofed room that was built in 2017 with  rocks and Mud , it has an area of 16 m², the owner uses it in summer time during working in his plot , Mufeed is a herder , and herds in the areas postures.

Noteworthy , LRC constructed the targeted rooms in cooperation with CRIC, within “Sumod” project activities , in order to support farmers’ steadfastness in C area.

Moreover, the occupation also destroyed a water harvest cistern, with a storage capacity of 70 m³, the cistern provides water for the cattle during summer time, and it was implemented by Land Research Center in cooperation with the Catholic Relief Services – CRS.

2- Farmer Islam Salama Oudeh Talahma : : the demolished structure is also a roofed room that was built in 2017 , it has an area of 16 m², the owner uses it in summer time during working in his plot , Islam  is a herder , and herds in the areas postures, LRC constructed the targeted rooms in cooperation with CRIC, within “Sumod” project activities.

In July 21^st 2019,  the occupation authorities issued halt of work orders targeting the demolished structures, and set August 8^th as the inspection subcommittee- High organization council session to discuss the fate of the structures.

However in December 8^th 2019 , the occupation authorities issued final demolition orders on the targeted structures and gave the owners only 7 days to demolish them with their bare hands , the victims did not comply , so the occupation forces showed up in a cold rainy day and implemented the demolition.

It is important to mention that the Annexation and Expansion wall is to the west of “Umm Baghla” area , Rehabilitating the areas roads, and construction of agricultural rooms and cisterns clearly revived the area, which angered the occupation that aspires to keep these lands as a reserve for future colonial expansion, so they started issuing military orders against those structures under illogical pretexts and claims.