2025-02-27
The Occupation Ravages Land and Destroys Agricultural Structures in Farsh al Hawa Area, Northwest of Hebron
Violation: Ravaging lands and destroying agricultural structures.
Location: Farsh al Hawa area/ north of Hebron.
Date: February, 27th 2025.
Perpetrator: The so-called Israeli Civil Administration.
Affected party: Citizens from Hebron city
Details:
On Thursday, February 27th 2025, the Israeli occupation authorities proceeded to ravage lands in Farsh al Hawa area, northwest of Hebron, which resulted in uprooting trees and demolishing homes and agricultural structures built by citizens on their lands, The authorities justified this action by claiming that the lands is classified as ‘’ state land’’.
Around 8:00 am, a force of Israeli occupation soldiers, supported by three vehicles. Two bulldozers and chain -track excavator – accompanied by crews from the civil administration, believed to be from the office responsible for ‘’ state and abounded properties,’’ entered the area, and headed towards ‘’ Wadi al- Sabe’’ area, where the soldiers spread out around the targeted sites and the surrounding land, the machineries then carried out demolition and bulldozing.
Below are the names of the owners of the impacted facilities and information about them:
Impacted farmer | Family member | Children number | Female number | The Damage |
Awni Azmi Alashhab | 5 | 1 | 2 | Demolition of a rainwater harvesting cistern 90m2 + vandalizing a plastic tank+ demolishing an agricultural room+ uprooting 70 olive trees+ destroying a water reservoir 80m2 . |
Taher Azmi al Ashhab | 5 | 1 | 3 | Uprooting 25 olive trees+ bulldozing stone terraces 60m+ demolishing a water well 70m2+ vandalizing 3 plastic tanks. |
Zohair Azmi Al Ashhab | 7 | 5 | 3 | Vandalizing a metal container+ an agricultural storage+3 water tanks+ uprooting 30 olive and grapes trees+ demolition of stone terraces 70m2 . |
Raed Mohammad Waleed Siaj | 7 | 5 | 2 | Demolishing an agricultural room made of bricks 30m2+ demolishing a brick bathroom+ bulldozing a metal fence 40m2+ uprooting 10 olive trees+ vandalizing 4 plastic tanks. |
Anwr Salman Al Joulani | 7 | 5 | 3 | Demolishing an agricultural room made of bricks 15m2, a brick bathroom, plastic water tank, and stone terraces 80m2 and uprooting 20 olive trees. |
Yahia Fayez Abu Shakhadm | 5 | 3 | 2 | Cutting 20 olive trees with saws+ uprooting 40 olive trees+ demolishing a metal bathroom+ demolishing a wooden agricultural room and plastic water tank 2.5m2+ bulldozing 800 meters planted with green beans. |
Dhiyab Omran Abu Shakhadm | 4 | 1 | 1 | Demolishing livestock shelter made of bricks 40m2 for 9 sheep and a brick agricultural room20m2. And stone terraces 50m2+ uprooting 40 live trees. |
Total | 40 | 21 | 16 |
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The affected farmer, Yahia Abu Shakhadm (22 years old), told LRC researcher:
“On July 29, 2024, we found the occupation authorities’ eviction notices posted on our lands, notifying me and my other neighbors about the obligation to vacate. We hired a private lawyer to legally challenge the notice, but the occupation authorities rejected the objections and bulldozed our lands.”
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the notice to evict on the lands of citizens
The occupation authorities justify the uprooting of citizens’ crops and the destruction of their lands by claiming that they ‘’ possess land classified as state lands”. According to the interpretations of this claim, the occupation has previously expropriated the lands that were destroyed and transferred their ownership and the right to use them to what is known as the Comissioner of government properties and abandoned lands in Judea and Samaria, in accordance with laws inherited in Palestinian territories and military orders issued by the occupation in occupied West Bank.
According to these explanations, the occupation authorities prohibit landowners whose lands are classified as ‘’state land’’ from working, cultivating, and reclaiming, considering this a violation and an invasion of lands. They issue eviction notices for these lands, demanding that citizens demolish what they have built and planted. And restore the land to its previous condition within approximately one to one and half months. If the citizens don’t demolish what they have constructed or planted, the occupation authorities carry out the notices, ravaging the lands and demolishing the structures. This is done to limit agricultural and residential expansion on these lands, keeping them as a reserve for their colonial projects.
مشروع: حماية الحقوق البيئية الفلسطينية في مناطق "ج" SPERAC IV - FCDO
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show the effects of bulldozing in Farsh al Hawa area
