Fassi Gru S.p.A

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Fassi Gru S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of lifting machinery and cranes. The Fassi Group consists of eight companies based in Italy that manufacture and market hydraulic cranes. Fassi cranes have been used in the demolition of Palestinian infrastructure by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) and the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank. Fassi loader cranes have been used to dismantle and confiscate residential tents, agricultural structures, and water and solar power equipment, particularly in rural communities in areas where Palestinian residents face the risk of forced displacement. In the photo, the Israeli army removes containers used by Palestinians as classrooms near the West Bank city of Hebron on 11 July 2018. Wisam Hashlamoun/APA images On 9 June 2020, a FASSI crane truck was documented in use by ICA personnel and Israeli military in a demolition and confiscation of four residential shacks at the Palestinian community of Abu Ghaliya, southeast of the town of al-‘Azariyah in the so-called E1 area, in the occupied West Bank. The structures served as a residence for a family of 11 people, including four minors. On 1 December 2021, Fassi loader cranes were used by Israeli forces to confiscate 6 tractors, 4 water trailers and 5 cars at Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley. On 25 October 2021, Fassi cranes were used by Israeli forces for a demolition at a school of 45 students in the community of Khirbet al-Malih (the Hamamat al-Malih area), near Tayasir in the northern Jordan Valley. The Israeli forces dismantled and confiscated a metal pergola that provided shade for the playground and a two-room structure that was intended as a clinic. On 19 September 2022, Fassi loader crane was used by Israeli forces to dismantle and confiscate 4 tents and a barbed wire fence about 300 meters long at the al ‘Awasaj farm south of the town of al-‘Auja in Jericho District. On 6 December 2022, Fassi machinery was used by Israeli forces to dismantle and confiscate 2 tents used as classrooms for the community’s schoolchildren at the community of Khirbet a-Safai al-Foqa in Masafer Yatta.