Eviction orders on Ibziq Bedouin community on the claim of holding military trainings in the area
- Violation: eviction order on a community
- Location: Khirbet Ibziq- Tubas
- Date: March 04, 2018
- Perpetrators: Israeli Occupation Forces
- Victims: 16 Bedouin families
Details:
Israeli Occupation Forces on March 07, 2018 raided the area of Khirbet Ibziq, northeast Tubas city and delivered some residents eviction military orders. This measure will negatively affect 16 Bedouin families (7 members including 38 children). Such people live in metal slabs structures and make living off of sheep husbandry.
The eviction order was issued on the claim of conducting military trainings in the area, the trainings days are:
|
No. |
Day |
Date |
Period of eviction |
No. of families |
|
1. |
Wednesday |
7/3/2018 |
From 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
2 families |
|
2. |
Tuesday |
13/3/2018 |
From 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
15 families |
|
3. |
Wednesday |
14/3/2018 |
From 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
2 families |
|
4. |
Wednesday |
21/3/2018 |
From 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
2 families |
Photo 1-3: the threatened community
The following table shows information about the affected families:
|
No. |
Affected citizen |
Family |
Minors |
|
1 |
5 |
3 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
— |
|
|
3 |
Firkhat Mithgal Naghnegheh |
4 |
2 |
|
4 |
Awni Mithgal Naghnegheh |
4 |
2 |
|
5 |
6 |
4 |
|
|
6 |
10 |
6 |
|
|
7 |
Nidal Imad Naserallah Hroub |
4 |
2 |
|
8 |
7 |
4 |
|
|
9 |
Ali Mohammad Naserallah Hroub |
2 |
— |
|
10 |
10 |
2 |
|
|
11 |
Iqab Abdelkarim Naserallah Hroub |
2 |
— |
|
12 |
10 |
8 |
|
|
13 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
14 |
Salem Mousa Naserallah Hroub |
5 |
3 |
|
15 |
Khairyeh Naserallah Hroub |
1 |
– |
|
Total |
77 |
38 |
|
The responsible of Al-Ghoor file, Mutaz Bsharat, told a researcher from Land Research Center that the military trainings are conducted in synchronization with sheep reproduction season and winter and summer crops. This is to say that the occupation aims at causing huge damage and losses to strike the Palestinian presence in the area.
It is clear the Israeli occupation intends to conduct military trainings in random areas of Palestinian Jordan Valley (Al-Ghoor). It is reported that most of the Bedouin communities in the area were targeted with eviction and got affected of such measures. Houses and structures became targets for Israeli bullets and missiles. Not only, a number of the area's residents got killed and others were injured due to the leftovers of such trainings.
About Ibziq:
Khirbet Ibziq is 8 km east of Tubas and is a targeted Bedouin gathering, just like the Khirbets of Samra, Ainon and Hamsa. Its inhabitants depend on sheep grazing and agriculture as sources of living and on wood and sackcloth for building their dwellings. They lack basic daily services like water and electricity. They can get water by carrying jars of water from Tubas to Ibziq; a journey of 8 km.
38 Bedouin families live in Ibziq; that is 256 people. 16 out of the 38 families live permanently in the area while others are nomads- according to the head of Ibziq community. Ibziq was named after Bazqin, a religious figure buried in the place.
The area of Ibziq is 8,000 dunums- 5,000 of which are considered Jordanian crown land Bedouins are not allowed to take advantage of because of Israeli continuous attacks, the latest of which were the eviction orders. The lands are considered closed military zone and lands for military practice.
For further information about the attacks Khirbet Ibziq has witnessed, please read through the reports issued by the Department of Monitoring Israeli Violation at Land Research Center :
- An eviction order on 35 Bedouin families in Palestinian Jordan Valley(al-ghoor) on 23/03/2014(Ar, Eng)
- Notifying 21 Bedouin families with eviction on 06/03/2014 (Ar, Eng)
- Notifying 29Bedouin families with eviction on 24/02/2014 for military training (Ar, Eng)
- Notifying residential and agricultural structures with stop work on 23/02/2014 (Ar, Eng)
- Destroying 50dunums planted with field and winter crops on 12/02/2014( Ar, Eng)
Prepared by
The Land Research Center
LRC
