Report
Demolished agricultural structure, Shuqba 29 Jan 2025, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 1 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Israeli-defined Jerusalem municipal boundaries |
| BudrusRamallah | 1 January 2025 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 5 adults, 8 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ni'linRamallah | 1 January 2025 | 2 livelihood structures | 0 | 3 adults, 5 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Bal'aTulkarm | 2 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 other structure | 2 adults, 6 children | 0 | Punative Demolition |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 5 January 2025 | 6 inhabited residential structures | 21 adults, 18 children (6 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al Jiftlik- abu al ‘AjajJericho | 5 January 2025 | 1 WASH structure, 3 agricultural structures | 0 | 4 adults, 8 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Furush Beit DajanNablus | 5 January 2025 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 6 adults, 4 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Wadi an- Na’amNaqab Desert | 6 January 2025 | — | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognised Bedouin village |
| Bil'inRamallah | 6 January 2025 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 6 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Tuqu'Bethlehem | 7 January 2025 | 2 agricultural structures, 1 other structure | 0 | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 7 January 2025 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 1 other structure | 1 adult, 1 child | 5 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al-AraqibNaqab Desert | 7 January 2025 | 1 whole village | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognised Bedouin village / 234th demolition |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 8 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 8 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 2 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| MikhmasJerusalem | 8 January 2025 | 1 livelihood structure, 1 WASH structure, 3 agricultural structures | 0 | 11 people (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Tell al KhashabaNablus | 8 January 2025 | 1 WASH structure, 14 agricultural structures | 0 | 45 people (9 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Kafr ad DikSalfit | 8 January 2025 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 2 WASH structures | 5 adults, 6 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Kifl HarisSalfit | 8 January 2025 | 2 livelihood structures | 0 | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Tulkarm Refugee CampTulkarm | 8 January 2025 | — | 4 adults, 1 child | 0 | Israeli Military Operation / Area A |
| Tulkarm Refugee CampTulkarm | 8 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 8 adults, 7 children (3 households) | 0 | Punitive Demolition / Area A |
| AzzunQalqiliya | 9 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 8 adults, 4 children | 0 | Israeli Military Operation / Area B |
| HimzaJerusalem | 13 January 2025 | 2 livelihood structures, 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 10 adults, 7 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al FunduqQalqiliya | 13 January 2025 | 4 livelihood structures | 0 | 10 adults, 8 children (2 households) | An Israeli military order stating the demolition was for the expansion of Kedumim settlement road / Area C |
| Al KhalaylehJerusalem | 14 January 2025 | 8 livelihood structures, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 32 adults, 26 children (12 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / West Bank community located on the East Jerusalem side of the Wall |
| Khashem ZanaNaqab Desert | 14 January 2025 | 1 public structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Bedouin village |
| Bil'inRamallah | 14 January 2025 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 7 people | Israeli Military Operation |
| Khallet al LouzaBethlehem | 15 January 2025 | 1 infrastructure structure, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 15 January 2025 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 11 adults, 2 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al MansuraJenin | 15 January 2025 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 2 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| ShuqbaRamallah | 15 January 2025 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al ‘IsawiyaEast Jerusalem | 21 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 2 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Sur BahirEast Jerusalem | 21 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 2 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al KarinNaqab Desert | 21 January 2025 | 1 public structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognised Bedouin village |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 22 January 2025 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Furush Beit DajanNablus | 26 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 2 agricultural structures, 2 other structures | 4 adults, 3 children (2 households) | 16 adults, 9 children (5 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Khirbet ad DeirBethlehem | 28 January 2025 | 4 inhabited residential structures, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure | 10 adults, 8 children (4 households) | 6 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al MatarJericho | 28 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure, 2 agricultural structures, 2 other structures | 2 adults | 6 adults, 8 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| HajjaQalqiliya | 28 January 2025 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 1 adult, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Beit JalaBethlehem | 29 January 2025 | 1 livelihood structure, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure, 1 agricultural structure, 3 other structures | 0 | 3 adults, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Sur BahirEast Jerusalem | 29 January 2025 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 6 adults, 3 children (1 household) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Deir SamitHebron | 29 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 3 uninhabited residential structures, 2 WASH structures, 1 agricultural structure | 1 adult, 6 children | 11 adults, 17 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Abu TlulNaqab Desert | 29 January 2025 | — | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognised Bedouin village |
| Al-AraqibNaqab Desert | 29 January 2025 | — | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognised Bedouin village/ 235th demolition |
| Khashem ZanaNaqab Desert | 29 January 2025 | — | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Bedouin village |
| ShuqbaRamallah | 29 January 2025 | 1 WASH structure, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 5 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Deir BallutSalfit | 29 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TulkarmTulkarm | 29 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 1 child | 0 | Punitive Demolition / Area B |
| As ‘SamuHebron | 30 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| AwartaNablus | 30 January 2025 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 8 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| QalqiliyaQalqiliya | 30 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 5 adults, 2 children (2 households) | 0 | Punitive Demolition / Area A |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 31 January 2025 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem/ Self-Demolition |
| IsteihJericho | 31 January 2025 | 5 inhabited residential structures, 3 uninhabited residential structures, 1 agricultural structure | 10 adults, 10 children (4 households) | 17 adults, 9 children (6 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TOTAL (52 incidents) | 137 total: 1 whole village, 35 inhabited residential structures, 7 uninhabited residential structures, 22 livelihood structures, 6 infrastructure structures, 2 public structures, 11 WASH structures, 42 agricultural structures, 10 other structures | 99 adults, 91 children (23 households) | 164 adults, 138 children (62 households) | ||
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