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Sun 09 Apr 2023 5:08 am - Jerusalem Time

(102) facilities targeted by the occupation in the West Bank and Jerusalem last month

The Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” monitored the targeting of (102) facilities owned by Palestinians by the Israeli occupation forces, whether by demolition, confiscation or distribution of notifications with the intention to target these facilities in the future, during the month of March, in the West Bank and Jerusalem occupied .


The demolitions affected (29) facilities, including a facility for a woman, where the occupation forces demolished two houses (two apartments) in the Umm Tuba area in the village of Sur Baher, including a house belonging to a woman from the Abu Tair family, under the pretext of not having a permit.


Concerning the notifications, the occupation forces notified (70) establishments of demolition or suspension of work, which are houses, tents, residential and agricultural rooms, residential barracks, livestock pens, graves, a mosque, and a garden, including a facility for a woman. The occupation municipality handed over Fatima Salem A decision was made to demolish a room in her house, which is threatened with eviction, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext of building without a permit. In the airport area, east of Jericho, the occupation forces confiscated (3) mobile wooden houses (caravans) owned by a citizen from the city of Jerusalem.


And the facilities that were demolished last month: (12) residential buildings, (2) residential rooms, (4) barracks, (6) agricultural rooms, (3) commercial facilities, (1) livestock barns and barracks, and (1) commercial facilities. ).


The notified establishments: (15) house dwellings, (5) tent dwellings, (1) residential rooms, (16) barracks, (11) agricultural rooms, (5) commercial establishments, (5) cattle sheds and barracks. (2) agricultural facilities, (7) graves, a religious facility, a school, and a garden. As for the facilities that were confiscated, they numbered (3) caravans.


The peak of the demolition targets was in the Jerusalem and Bethlehem governorates (8) facilities in each of them.


The peak of targeting by notifications was in the Salfit governorate (26) facilities, then in the governorate of Jericho and the Jordan Valley (15) facilities, while the facilities that were confiscated were in the governorate of Jericho and the Jordan Valley.


The number of people affected by the occupation measures during the month of March was at least (91) people, including (36) children and (14) women, according to the available information.


As part of the occupation policy that it uses to demolish homes as a collective punitive measure against the perpetrators of operations against it as a means of deterring any act of resistance to the occupation, during the month of March, the occupation forces were notified of the demolition of a house in Nablus governorate.

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(102) facilities targeted by the occupation in the West Bank and Jerusalem last month