Palestine Chronicle, 29 March 2020
Israeli forces on Thursday entered a Palestinian village in the northern Jordan Valley to confiscate materials designated to build a clinic to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Officials from the Israeli Civil Administration came to the village of Khirbet Ibziq with a military escort, bulldozer and two trucks equipped with cranes on Thursday morning to demolish community clinic and emergency housing, according to Israeli human rights monitor Btselem.
The group reported that Israeli officials seized poles and sheeting designated to form eight tents, two for a field clinic, two for a mosque, and four for emergency housing for people evacuated from their homes.
A power generator, as well as supplies of sand, cement and cinder blocks to be used for the floor of the tents, were also confiscated.
Btselem said the villagers were building a first-aid community initiative to deal with the Covid-19 crisis which has paralyzed large parts of the southern West Bank. There are 91 confirmed cases so far in the Palestinian territories, with one death reported on Wednesday
The Jordan Valley covers an area of about 1.6 million dunams (1,600 km2) and constitutes around 30 percent of the total occupied West Bank. According to a previous government report, the Valley includes about 280,000 dunams of arable land, 50,000 of which are still used by Palestinians and 27,000 by illegal Jewish settlers
The majority of the Jordan Valley is under full Israeli military control, despite being within the West Bank. Meanwhile, at least 44 percent of the total land in the Jordan Valley has been reappropriated by Israeli forces for military purposes and training exercises.
(Palestine Chronicle, Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, Social Media)
Are these Israel forces children of God?
they were at one time, but I think not any longer based upon these actions. This is not what I learned from the teachings of Jesus. Evidently it may be their time to learn this go round. It is a shame people always blame others before looking within first
It’s too bad you guys believe any story you read.. Especially in Pro Palestinian websites.
There are tons of initiatives running right now between Israel and the Palestinian authority and even Israel and Hamas to combat the Coronavirus, this story is simply false or at least far from accurate.
Thanks James – this is not a false report & has been verified many times, such as this: https://www.btselem.org/press_release/20200326_israel_confiscates_clinic_tents_during_coronavirus_crisis
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/COGAT-slams-BTselem-for-exploiting-coronavirus-622474?fbclid=IwAR1SxqanMMlFk-SikDBrCC7NmYtww6clgx9__Wk66uz6unrwPgWWbjsGcjY&utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app
Who believes what ‘COGAT claims’?
Nobody does. In fact, every wise and intelligent man knows that such organizations exist to cover the real terrorism and manipulation behind the scenes.