On 6 November, the Israeli army distributed numerous evacuation orders to Palestinian families living in different communities situated in the north of the Jordan Valley (east of Toubas). The families were ordered to leave their homes that are located in closed military zones for military training, including the use of live ammunition. The orders targeted 57 Palestinian families, including approximately 250 children, in al-Maleh, Khirbet Himsa, Khirbet al-Ras al-Ahmar and Khirbet Ibzek. The evacuations took place on 11 November. The duration of the evacuations varied between areas. In some areas, it lasted seven hours, while in others until the morning of the following day.  

In July 2012, Israeli settlers from Ro’i settlement, in the north of the Jordan Valley, took possession of Palestinian land near the settlement after the land had been requisitioned by the Israeli army for military trainings. Such trainings, which can result in the destruction of property and the forcible transfer of the occupied population, cannot be justified by military necessity. A military training is not a military operation that can meet the threshold of military necessity. Therefore, Al-Haq is gravely concerned that such orders are implemented in a way, which is designed to enable Israel’s illegal appropriation of Palestinian land and for the sole benefit of Israeli settlement expansion in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).