Why does the occupation army take over the Palestinian homes in the West Bank? | policy

Ramallah- The Palestinian citizen, Hazem Al -Takrouri, was surprised by a city Hebron The southern West Bank, at dawn today, Sunday, with an Israeli force that stormed his home in the university neighborhood in the city, and forced him to leave for his family and turning it into a military barracks.

Al -Takrouri was forced, according to his interview with Al -Jazeera Net, and with his family of 4 individuals to leave the house immediately and under the threat, without the army to emerge any document stating the seizure of the house and without allowing them to take something of their luggage, and without knowing when they can return.

What happened with Al -Takrouri has been repeated since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza in October 2023, but since the confrontation with the confrontation with Iran Last Friday, this policy intensified and tens of homes, according to the follow -up of the Palestinian official news agency.

The depth of the land lands

While the policy of seizing homes in the West Bank coincided with the Israeli aggression against my city fetal And Tulkarm, which has been going on since last January 21, is almost the first to be the first for a Palestinian house in the depth of the Palestinian Authority’s lands, outside the two cities.

During the past two days, activists and journalists have circulated on social media several pictures and videos of homes seized and converted into military barracks in separate parts of the West Bank.

The occupation of the houses comes at a time when the occupation imposes a tight closure on all camps, villages, towns and cities of the West Bank, and preventing movement between them.

Multiple ends

The writer and political analyst, Ahmed Abu Al -Haija, believes that the policy of occupying homes has two central goals: the first is to take some of them military barracks as an alternative to the camps that may be exposed to Iranian bombing, and the other is subject to the Palestinians of the West Bank to more security and economic pressure.

Speaking to Al -Jazeera Net, Abu Al -Haija refers to taking homes close to military points and camps, headquarters of the army, citing what happened west of the city of Jenin, where “the army cleared a camp soon and seized homes hundreds of meters away in an Arab village, which is the village of Rumana overlooking the camp, so that if the camp was bombed, the soldiers would be outside.”

He adds that “the establishment of the soldiers has become inside the Palestinian homes on the assumption that they are safe, so that they are evacuated from their residents,” explaining that some residents have been informed that the period of stay reaches two weeks and may continue more than that.

More pressure

On the other hand, the Palestinian writer shows that the occupation of more houses while tightening closures on the West Bank is aimed at “increasing the pressure on people”, pointing to “intended and unjustified disabilities to transport commercial trucks between the Palestinian provinces and prevent their entry from Jordan“.

Abu Al -Haija indicated that, despite the comprehensive closure of the West Bank, the Israelis enjoy inside Israel And in the settlements freedom of movement, what refutes an excuse Emergency Classes for closure.

He continued, that the West Bank is outside the Israeli military operation “and restricting the movement and tightening the screws are all unjustified measures.”

He pointed to the violation of Israeli measures, whether closure or the occupation of homes, international law And international humanitarian law Those who provide protection for civilians at the time of war.

Horror

For his part, the Palestinian popular campaign coordinator to resist the wall, Jamal Jumaa, indicates that the expansion of the occupation of homes coincides with the deployment of new units from occupation army In the West Bank, to tighten the siege on the Palestinians, including preventing people even from walking in the streets.

In his speech to Al -Jazeera Net, he added that what is going on “is part of the pressure and the fist on people to terrorize them and try to deter them from doing any anti -occupation act.”

He talked about repercussions of Israeli measures on the lives of people, including the disruption of their interests. “

According to a statement of the Wall Resistance Authority And settlement Friday, “the occupation authorities tightened the closure of most barriers and gates in all their forms on the Palestinian territories” in a “fatal assault on the basic rights guaranteed to the Palestinian people, especially the right to move and treat.”

According to the same source, the occupation cuts the West Bank with about 900 barriers, of which about 160 gates installed at the entrances to the Palestinian regions.

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