Ras al 'Amud, East Jerusalem, 13 December 2023 photo by OCHA oPT
Notes:
There are four categories of demolitions:
Punitive demolitions: Houses demolished as punishment for the actions of people associated with the houses. Administrative demolitions: Houses demolished for lack of a building permit. This happens in Area C and in East Jerusalem, under exclusive Israeli authority, though prior to the existence of Areas A, B & C it occurred in other areas as well. It is important to point out that in almost all cases, Palestinians have no choice but to build "illegally" as permits are rarely granted Land-clearing operations/Military demolitions: Houses demolished by the IDF in the course of military operations for the purposes of clearing off a piece of land (for whatever reason), achieve a military goal or to kill wanted persons as part of Israel’s policy of extrajudicial executions.. Undefined demolitions: These include mainly demolitions resulting from land-clearing operations and removal of Palestinian populations.
* WASH stands for structures relating to water, sanitation and hygiene.
† In many cases, notably in East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities condition Palestinians to either demolish their properties themselves or have the authorities do so. In an attempt to avoid having to pay the high fee of the Israeli authorities’ demolition operation and additional high fines, many Palestinians are forced to self-demolish.
** No additional information was available
Above data is from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality, B’Tselem
Incidents this month
Row-level data from ICAHD's Demolitions and Displacements records. Filter and explore the full dataset on the demolitions & displacement page →
| Location | Date | Demolished/confiscated | Displaced | Affected | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 3 December 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures | 4 adults, 8 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Sur BahirEast Jerusalem | 3 December 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures | 4 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 6 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 5 December 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 2 livelihood structures | 4 adults, 3 children (2 households) | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al KhadrBethlehem | 6 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 livelihood structure, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure | 4 adults, 12 children | 1 adult | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| HizmaEast Jerusalem | 6 December 2023 | 2 livelihood structures | 6 adults, 4 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 6 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 1 adult | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Umm QussaHebron | 6 December 2023 | 5 inhabited residential structures, 6 WASH structures, 2 agricultural structures | 13 adults, 18 children (4 households) | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C / Israeli military Firing Zone 917 |
| ArtasBethlehem | 11 December 2023 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 6500 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| YaqeenHebron | 11 December 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 WASH structure, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 3 adults, 6 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Marj Na’jaJericho | 12 December 2023 | 1 infrastructure structure, 8 agricultural structures | 0 | 6 adults, 2 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| AnataJerusalem | 12 December 2023 | 6 agricultural structures | 0 | 13 adults, 13 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 13 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 15 adults, 14 children (5 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Israeli-defined Nature Reserve |
| HalhulHebron | 13 December 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| SusiyaHebron | 13 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 WASH structure | 5 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| JayyusQalqiliya | 13 December 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 6 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 14 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 1 adult | 3 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Sur BahirEast Jerusalem | 14 December 2023 | 2 livelihood structures | 0 | 2 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 15 December 2023 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 2 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Majdal Bani FadilNablus | 18 December 2023 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 4 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| Beit SafafaEast Jerusalem | 19 December 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 5 adults, 2 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Wadi SafaHebron | 19 December 2023 | 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al Jiftlik-ash ShunehJericho | 20 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 0 | 1 adult | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 21 December 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 6 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Tell al KhashabaNablus | 21 December 2023 | 8 inhabited residential structures, 12 livelihood structures | 8 adults, 11 children (3 households) | 25 people (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 25 December 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 8 adults, 4 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Deir BallutSalfit | 25 December 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 2 adults, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 26 December 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures | 3 children | 4 adults, 5 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Shu’fatEast Jerusalem | 26 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 1 child | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Furush Beit DajanNablus | 26 December 2023 | 6 inhabited residential structures, 4 agricultural structures | 21 adults, 8 children (6 households) | 6 adults, 7 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al JwayaHebron | 27 December 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 4 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| As SawiyaNablus | 28 December 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 8 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TOTAL (31 incidents) | 102 total: 35 inhabited residential structures, 3 uninhabited residential structures, 23 livelihood structures, 4 infrastructure structures, 10 WASH structures, 27 agricultural structures | 92 adults, 96 children (28 households) | 77 adults, 60 children (19 households) | ||