2022-05-02

The Israeli Occupation Demolished an Under-Construction House in Al-‘Auja town / Jericho governorate

Violation: Demolition of an Under-Construction House.

Location: Al-‘Auja town / North Jericho city.

Date: May 2nd 2022.

Perpetrators: The building inspector at the Israeli Civil Administration.

Victims: Citizen Mahmoud Tariq.

Description:

Eid Al-Fitr , despite its secrecy to Palestinian Muslims, is not a holiday for Israeli destruction and human rights violations.

 In the early morning hours of Monday May 2nd 2022, a massive army force accompanied by the building inspector at the Israeli Civil administration raided Al-‘Auja north Jericho. And the occupation forces through a civil bulldozer demolished and destroyed an under-construction building built of bricks and cement, that was supposed to provide a residence for the family in the second floor , in addition to stores and shops at the first floor with a total area of 160 m2.

The targeted house belongs to family of citizen Mahmoud Tariq (34) , and his family which is composed of 8 people (5 males and 3 females) , among them 5 children.

The affected citizen told LRC the following:

“In summer 2021 I rented a plot from the Islamic Waqf in Al-Khalayil area east Al-‘Auja , and I applied for a construction license and started the construction of the house at the beginning of 2022 , the objective is to provide an adequate house for my children. In February 2nd 2022, I received a halt of work military order from the Israeli civil administration issued by the building inspector. However, the Israeli Civil Administration refused the license application. and In March 23rd 2022, I received a military order that requires the demolition and removal of the structure within 7 days, I tried to submit an objection, the occupation refused it but we were surprised of the demolition in the early morning hours of ‘Eid Al-Fitr.     

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Since the beginning of this year, Al-‘Auja had a large portion of military orders targeting houses and facilities at different parts of the area.

Al-‘Auja village :

12 km from Jericho city, Al-‘Auja village has a total area of 106,399 dunums, of which 1,186 dunums are a built up area for the village , it also has a population of 5,224 people until 2017 census.

The Israeli occupation confiscated about 4717 dunums for colonization , 1600 dunums are military bases for the army, while bypass 90 , which is 8,180 m long and devoured 818 dunums, in addition to Israeli settlement that ate up 2,299 dunums, as shown in the following table:

Settlement name

Establishment year

Confiscated lands

Number of settlers

Jiljal

1970

287

162

Netiv HaGedud

1975

1,004

120

Na’aran

1981

441

52

Yattaf

1970

514

136

Nahal Tzuri

1981

53

N.A

Total

9877

2,299

470