Israeli occupation forces on Monday ordered Palestinian families to leave their residential structures in Khirbet Yarza community east of Tubas in the northern Jordan Valley to make way for military training in the area.
Local activist Aref Daraghmeh who monitors Israeli violations in the Jordan Valley said Israeli soldiers forced four Palestinian families out of their homes to make way for military maneuvers in the area.
The families are expected to stay away from their homes as of Monday 04:00 p.m. until Tuesday 06:00 a.m. and from 04:00 p.m. on Thursday until 06:00 a.m. on Friday. The evacuation order will also be put into effect on Tuesday August 14 until Thursday August 15.
A few days earlier the occupation forces destroyed a water line and Palestinian property in the area.
The Israeli army usually conducts drills in the occupied West Bank especially in the Jordan Valley; Palestinian families often receive notices ordering them to leave their homes for various periods until the drills are over.
It is extremely difficult for whole families including children to be evacuated on such short notice. With no properly arranged place to stay in they must find a way to ensure shelter food and drink away from home in the intense grueling heat of the Jordan Valley.
Palestinians living in these areas have to also worry about unexploded ordnance left behind by the Israeli army after the drills which have led to the death of many Palestinians including children over the past years.
