Prominent Palestinian activist says IDF evicted him from his home in Hebron

The Israel Defense Forces have evicted a prominent Palestinian activist from his home in the southern West Bank city of Hebron where the army also reportedly significantly intensified its curbs on Palestinian movement since the outbreak of the Gaza war.

Issa Amro says IDF soldiers came to his home last Wednesday and told him he should leave Hebron for the duration of the war before coming back two days later and handing him a military order forcing him to vacate the premises. Amro lives in the H2 section of Hebron, which is under Israeli military control. The military order directed him to move to H1, which is under Palestinian Authority control.

He says the soldiers arrived on Friday after they saw a Breaking the Silence activist arrive, along with a British journalist.

Amro has appealed the eviction order through a pair of Israeli human rights attorneys who wrote to the IDF’s West Bank legal adviser, noting that “the forced transfer of a protected population from an occupied territory is a violation of the laws of war and can constitute a criminal offense.”

The IDF says in a statement that it has received Amro’s appeal against the eviction order and that it is currently under adjudication.