Yesterday, Wednesday, 6 February 2019, at around 10:00
A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military-jeep escort
to the Palestinian communities of: Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar, al-Burj,
Khirbet al-Malih and 'Ein al-Meyteh in the northern Jordan Valley. The
forces instructed more than 50 families numbering a total of 291 people,
including 154 children, to leave their homes by 5:00 PM. The
instructions came after on Sunday, 3 February 2019, at around 10:00
AM, the families were handed orders for temporary evacuation on two
dates: yesterday, 6 February 2019 and 13 February 2019 from 10:00 AM to
5:00 PM.
Yesterday, in Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar, the forces ordered three families
to leave two hours before the time stated in the order. The three
families, and the remaining families in the community who left at 10:00
AM had to walk for six kilometers to Khirbet ‘Atuf. In the other three
communities, residents used tractors and tractor trailers, some going to
Kafr ‘Aqabah and some to Khirbet ‘Ein al-Hilwa. After the families
left, the military set up roadblocks at the entrance to Kafr ‘Aqabah and
near Khirbet al-Malih, preventing travel between Jordan Valley
communities and the city of Tubas for several hours. The military held
training exercises with infantry units and dozens of tanks that fired
shells