On the morning of Thursday, 13 December 2018, at around 11 A.M., Civil
Administration personnel came with a military jeep escort to the
Palestinian community of Khirbet Ibziq in the northern Jordan Valley.
They served temporary displacement orders to 13 families – a total of 70
people, including 38 children – citing military training in the area as
the pretext. The orders require the families to vacate their homes from
12:00 noon until 6:00
the next morning on 16 December, 23 December, 26 December, and 31
December 2018. In other words, the families must spend the night away
from home.
Two of the 13 families were served additional orders, requiring them to
vacate their homes also on 17 December 2018 from 12 noon until 4:00
P.M., and on 18 December 2018 from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Twelve of
the 13 families had already been temporarily displaced from their homes
in March 2018.
On Sunday, 16 December 2018, at around 12:00
noon, military jeeps and tanks arrived in the area, as did Civil
Administration personnel who instructed the families to vacate their
homes. The families complied. Taking along a portion of their flocks but
leaving behind young lambs and kids, the families walked a distance of
over 5 kilometers. Some were able to stay with relatives, while others
remained outside, exposed to the elements