Jericho - Ma'an - Israeli authorities on Thursday handed over orders to Palestinian farmers in the district of Jericho and the Jordan Valley informing them they would have to evacuate structures within 16 days.

The head of the agriculture department in Jericho, Ahmad Al-Fares, said that "the farmers and those who are raising livestock from different areas in the Jordan Valley notified the department of the Israeli procedures that would destroy their property.

He noted that "such acts would thwart a campaign carried out by many Palestinian non-governmental organizations, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and funded by international donors, aimed at developing Bedouin communities to fight drought and lack of natural pastures, most of which are closed by the Israeli authorities under the pretext that these areas are military zones."

The Israeli orders were handed over to residents of the Al-Jaftalek and Fasayel areas. Most of those who were warned are living in the areas of Khelat Al-Foula and Kherbat A’llan. Among them:

Yousef Ibrahim Ghawanmeh, owns a sheep shack
Ahmad Ibrahim Ghawanmeh, owns a sheep shack
Kahled Mohammad Jahalin, owns a residency shack and another for sheep
Qais Saleh Nasasreh, owns 15 dunnums planted with vegetables
Khaled Mohammad Abu Hanieyah, owns 20 dunnums planted with vegetables
Hasan Husein Rashid, owns a residency shack
Mohammad Id’eis, owns a shack for residency and another for sheep

Meanwhile, a number of An-Nue’meh residents received Israeli military home demolition orders a few days earlier. Among them:

Naser Mousa Qrenat
Jehad Deif Allah Rashaydah
Suleiman Mohammad hasan Az-Zaied
Mahmoud Ibrahim Abi Kharbeish
Mohammad Ibrahim Abu Kharbeish
Omer Abu Kharbiesh
Hani Az-Zaied