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Israel confiscates water tanks, destroys pipe in Jordan Valley

In the northern occupied Jordan Valley, Israeli forces seized water tanks

July 20, 2017 at 12:43 pm

Israeli forces yesterday confiscated two water tanks in Khirbet Tall Al-Himma in the northern occupied Jordan Valley, along with a pump from a spring used as the community’s main source of water, B’TSelem reported.

The forces then cut a pipe used to bring water from a natural spring to a reservoir in the community of Kh. Um Al-Jmal, used for livestock and irrigation.

This comes as the area experiencing scorching summer heat. Israel refuses to connect these communities to the water system.

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Solar panels were confiscated from the area on 5 July.

The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea make up approximately 30 per cent of the occupied West Bank.