Report
Demolitions and Displacements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem (Occupied Palestine Territory, OPT) and within the State of Israel during February 2020
42
Structures Demolished in OPT
3
Structures Demolished in Israel
78
People Displaced
191
Other People Affected
The data is from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), B’tselem, the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality and the Palestinian Information Centre and was collated by ICAHD Israel.
'WASH' stands for structures relating to water, sanitation and hygiene.
For further information on the reasons given by Israel for the demolitions, please see this page on Categories of Demolition.
The table is also available to download as a PDF document here.
For previous demolition and displacement reports, please see this page.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ath ThuriEast Jerusalem | 1 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-demolition |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 1 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 4 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-demolition |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 4 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 infrastructure structure | 1 adult | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 4 February 2020 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 2 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 4 February 2020 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 3 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al 'IsawiyaEast Jerusalem | 5 February 2020 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-demolition |
| Deir QaddisRamallah | 5 February 2020 | 3 livelihood structures | 0 | 4 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al HijraHebron | 6 February 2020 | 1 livelihood structure, 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 10 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit |
| Jenin CityJenin | 6 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 5 adults, 2 children | 0 | Punative Demolition |
| al-AraqibNaqab Desert | 6 February 2020 | 1 whole village | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Unrecognised Bedouin Village (demolished for 173rd time) |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 9 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 2 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-demolition |
| Ath ThuriEast Jerusalem | 11 February 2020 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults, 5 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Tel as-SmadiJericho | 12 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 1 child | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Khirbet TanaNablus | 12 February 2020 | 2 livelihood structures | 0 | 14 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C / Israeli-declared Firing Zone |
| al-AraqibNaqab Desert | 12 February 2020 | 1 whole village | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Unrecognised Bedouin Village (demolished for 174th time) |
| Al Jiftlik-abu al Ajaj | 12 February 2020 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ein MahilUpper Galilee, North Israel | 12 February 2020 | 1 livelihood structure, 1 public structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit |
| Ath ThuriEast Jerusalem | 13 February 2020 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 3 adults, 5 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Jabal JaresHebron | 13 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 2 WASH structures | 4 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 14 February 2020 | 2 other structures | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-demolition |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 16 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 6 adults, 5 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-demolition |
| At TaybehHebron | 17 February 2020 | 1 WASH structure, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 4 adults, 13 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Khirbet 'AlanJericho | 17 February 2020 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ras al 'AmudEast Jerusalem | 18 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 public structure | 2 adults, 4 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-demolition |
| BirinHebron | 19 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| SusiyaHebron | 19 February 2020 | 1 public structure | 0 | 16 adults, 47 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ras al 'AmudEast Jerusalem | 22 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 1 adult, 1 child | 4 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 25 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Shu'fatEast Jerusalem | 26 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 27 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 other structure | 2 adults, 2 children | 9 adults, 6 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit |
| Ar RazeekHebron | 27 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 6 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C / Israeli-declared Firing Zone |
| Isfey al FaukaHebron | 27 February 2020 | 2 livelihood structures | 0 | 10 adults, 11 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C / Israeli-declared Firing Zone |
| Umm FagarahHebron | 27 February 2020 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 people | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C / Israeli-declared Firing Zone |
| TOTAL (33 incidents) | 48 total: 2 whole villages, 16 inhabited residential structures, 4 uninhabited residential structures, 10 livelihood structures, 4 infrastructure structures, 3 public structures, 3 WASH structures, 3 agricultural structures, 3 other structures | 43 adults, 29 children | 73 adults, 104 children | ||
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