2021-01-06

Once again, The Occupation notifies Two houses for Masa’ed family in Khirbet Yarza –Tubas

Violation: Notifying two residences, on the pretext of sabotaging Archeology.

Location: Khirbet Yarza / Tubas governorate.

Date: January 6th 2021.

Perpetrators: The Israeli Occupation Civil Administration.

Victims: families of Rami and Hafiz Masa’ed.

Description:

Wednesday , January 6th 2021, The Israeli Occupation forces Accompanied by the Archeology officer raided Khirbet Yarza , and for the second time they targeted two houses for Masa’ed family , through serving “Immediate demolition” notices on the pretext of assaulting an archeological site.

The targeted structure is a metal room covered with plastic and zinc sheets , it is a donation from the French organization ACTED (EU fund) , and inhabited by Rami and Hafiz Masa’ed families since the occupation destroyed their homes and made them homeless in Sept 29th 2020 , on the pretext of building without a license , for more information about this case read our reports in Sept 29th and Sept 21st 2020.

The following table shows more information about the targeted structures:


Affected citizen



Family members



Children under 18



Notice number



The targeted facility


Rami Masa’ed

3

-

00522

Mobile metal room 24 m2, covered with plastic sheets

Hafiz Masa’ed

8

4

00523

Basic structure built of clay and zinc 42 m2


11

4



Source: Firsthand field observation – Israeli Violations Monitoring Section – Land Research center, December 2021.

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Hafiz Masa’ed (32) told LRC the following:

“I have been living in Khirbet Yarza my whole life; I live with my parents who suffer from chronic conditions  and my disabled brother , my children on the other hand suffer from daily assaults by the Israeli occupation forces , the first time they demolished our houses it was a harsh experience on the kids , and even the alternative provided by a humanitarian institution was also targetes.” 

Khirbet Yarza is frequently targeted by the Occupation, during the last five years several houses were demolished and a high number received demolition notices, the occupation is also imposing a harsh reality on residents of the Khirbet through turning the communities’ ground into military training area.

About Khirbet Yarza:[1]

5 Km east Tubas city, Khirbet Yarza is bordered by Al-Malih and Al-Aqaba (north), Tubas city (west) , Al-Malih (east) and Tubas city (south).

According to PCBS census, there are (31) people living in Yarza.

Yarza has a total population of 6,154 dunums, of which 12.7 dunums are a built up area. Khirbet Yarza is in C area according to Oslo conventions.



[1] GIS-LRC


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