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Oct 19, 2014 Evacuation Order (Photo provided by Haj Sami Sadeq

Military training, village of al-‘Aqabah, June 2012. Photo by ‘Atef Abu a-Rub, B’Tselem, 27 June 2012.

Sami Subuh, head of al-‘Aqabah Council during military training in the village, June 2012. Subuh, injured at 16 by gunfire during a military exercise, has been wheelchair-bound ever since. Photo by ‘Atef Abu a-Rub, B’Tselem, 27 June 2012.

Road razed by Civil Administration, village of al-‘Aqabah, The Jordan Valley. Photo by Ann Paq, Activestills, 7 April 2011.

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Israeli Army has ordered residents of Al-Aqaba village to evacuation Oct 19-21,2014 during Army's live-fire training exercises in the area. In 1999, the Army pledged to discontinue such training exercises:

"In 1999, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel petitioned the High Court of Justice on behalf of the residents, demanding that military exercises in the village and its fields be halted and that the order designating the village a closed military zone be revoked. Following the petition, the Israeli military pledged to conduct no more live-fire exercises in the village and that soldiers would not maneuver among the villagers’ houses." (from Btselem report)