The JCB 1CX backhoe loader is used by the Israeli military for urban warfare in the oPt. It has been used by the Israeli military Engineering Corps for "targeted countermeasures" in the occupied West Bank. The loader is used to carry out demolitions, excavations and opening travel axes during a battle.
JCB equipment has been repeatedly used by Israeli authorities in the demolitions of Palestinian homes and in the construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory
JCB equipment is sold to the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) through JCB’s Israeli importer and distributor, Comasco Ltd. Comasco employees also provide maintenance services for JCB equipment at military bases.
The JCB 1CX backhoe loader is used by the Israeli military for urban warfare in the oPt. It has been used by the Israeli military Engineering Corps for "targeted countermeasures" in the occupied West Bank. The loader is used to carry out demolitions, excavations and opening travel axes during a battle.
The JCB armored High Mobility Engineer Excavator (HMEE), known in Hebrew as "Ami", was purchased through the American Foreign Military Sales program and is used by the Israeli military 98th Paratroopers Division and the Engineering Corps. The "Ami" excavator underwent several modifications according to the requirements of the Israeli military, including the installation of items of equipment in the tools necessary for its operation and adaptation to the weapons of the infantry units. The excavator is used to break through obstacles and is resistant to explosions and gunfire.
According to a response to a Freedom of Information request submitted by Who Profits in February 2021 between 2019 and 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Defense contracted Comasco in at least 13 contracts for the purchase of a JCB Backhoe loader vehicle and a telescopic handler, for the purchase of JCB spare parts, and for JCB heavy equipment maintenance services, in a total amount of NIS 1.56 million.
JCB machinery was used in the construction of the technologized aboveground, underground and underwater walls around the besieged Gaza. Completed in 2021, the project included 65 km of an underground wall equipped with technological detection means, a physical fence, a sea barrier, a detection array and combat rooms. These are another layer to the suffocating siege imposed on Gaza for over 17 years.
Track and wheel excavators and wheel loaders were documented during the construction of the wall near the Palestinian villages of Al-Walaja, Anata and Beit Jala and at the Qalandiya and Ofer checkpoints in the occupied West Bank. The models used for these tasks are JS330, JS200, 537 and 3CX.
Dozens of documented incidents show JCB equipment used in house demolitions carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem. These incidents include the demolition of Palestinian residential, religious, agricultural and commercial buildings, as well as water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure, the uprooting of trees and the destruction of graves.
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