Photo: One of the homes demolished in February in Al Walaja - owner: Ramzi Abu Hammad
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bir HaddajNaqab Desert | 1 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 1 adult | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Unrecognised Bedouin village |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 6 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 1 adult | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al BurjHebron | 6 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 agricultural structure | 2 adults | 3 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| An Nuwei’maJericho | 6 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 agricultural structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al-LagiaNaqab Desert | 6 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Bedouin township |
| Sa’wahNaqab Desert | 6 February 2024 | — | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Recognised Bedouin village |
| Beit JalaBethlehem | 7 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 2 uninhabited residential structures, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 21 adults, 5 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem (Israeli-defined Jerusalem municipal boundaries) |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 7 February 2024 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 8 adults, 5 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| YatmaNablus | 7 February 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure, 2 livelihood structures | 0 | 13 people (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| At TurEast Jerusalem | 10 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 13 February 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 7 adults, 1 child (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Bir HaddajNaqab Desert | 13 February 2024 | — | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognised Bedouin village |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 14 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 6 adults, 5 children (3 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 18 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 19 February 2024 | 3 inhabited residential structures | 8 adults, 5 children (3 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem (Israeli-defined Jerusalem municipal boundaries) |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 19 February 2024 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 4 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 20 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 5 adults, 1 child | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition (Israeli-defined Jerusalem municipal boundaries) |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 20 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Beit Hanina- Dahiyat al BareedJerusalem | 20 February 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 10 adults, 7 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ath ThuriEast Jerusalem | 21 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 11 adults, 12 children (5 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 28 February 2024 | 3 inhabited residential structures | 10 adults, 6 children (3 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem (Israeli-defined Jerusalem municipal boundaries) |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 28 February 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| JalbunJenin | 28 February 2024 | 1 livelihood structure, 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 13 people (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ein ad Duyuk at TahtaJericho | 29 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 other structure | 0 | 4 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| IsteihJericho | 29 February 2024 | 3 inhabited residential structures, 1 WASH structure, 3 agricultural structures, 1 other structure | 4 adults, 3 children (2 households) | 7 people (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| JerichoJericho | 29 February 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 infrastructure structure, 6 other structures | 0 | 5 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TOTAL (26 incidents) | 52 total: 23 inhabited residential structures, 6 uninhabited residential structures, 5 livelihood structures, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure, 8 agricultural structures, 8 other structures | 56 adults, 35 children (16 households) | 52 adults, 20 children (22 households) | ||