Demolished house, Silwan East Jerusalem, 24 July 2024, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wadi an- Na’amNaqab Desert | 1 July 2024 | 9 inhabited residential structures | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognized Bedouin village / Self-Demolition |
| Al ‘AujaJericho | 2 July 2024 | 4 uninhabited residential structures, 7 livelihood structures | 0 | 24 adults, 8 children (6 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al Juftlik ash ShunehJericho | 2 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 7 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Wadi al JozJerusalem | 2 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 0 | 4 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Tuqu’Bethlehem | 3 July 2024 | 1 WASH structure, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 3 July 2024 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 2 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Fasayil al FaukaJericho | 3 July 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 4 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Fasayil al WustaJericho | 3 July 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Tell al KhashabaNablus | 3 July 2024 | 3 inhabited residential structures, 1 infrastructure structure, 3 agricultural structures | 3 people (3 households) | 6 adults, 8 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| YatmaNablus | 3 July 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 4 adults, 5 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| BirinHebron | 4 July 2024 | 6 inhabited residential structures, 1 agricultural structure | 23 adults, 20 children (8 households) | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 6 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| SurifHebron | 7 July 2024 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 7 adults, 6 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al ‘IsawiyaEast Jerusalem | 8 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 1 adult | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Ad DeiratHebron | 8 July 2024 | 1 public structure | 0 | 9 adults, 49 children (58 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Mantiqat Sh’ib al ButumHebron | 8 July 2024 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 2 WASH structures, 3 agricultural structures | 8 adults, 7 children (2 households) | 4 adults, 8 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| QawawisHebron | 8 July 2024 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 2 WASH structures, 1 agricultural structure | 6 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TulkarmTulkarm | 8 July 2024 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 2 livelihood structures, 1 agricultural structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 10 people (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 9 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 2 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Furush Beit DajanNablus | 9 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 2 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Umm SafaRamallah | 9 July 2024 | 5 agricultural structures | 0 | 20 adults, 4 children (5 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| HusanBethlehem | 10 July 2024 | 2 livelihood structures, 1 WASH structure | 0 | 4 adults, 6 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Umm TubaEast Jerusalem | 10 July 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 5 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| JerichoJericho | 10 July 2024 | 4 inhabited residential structures, 6 agricultural structures, 2 other structures | 2 people (2 households) | 19 adults, 7 children (7 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TayasirTubas | 10 July 2024 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 13 people (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area A |
| QalqasHebron | 11 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 WASH structure | 7 adults, 10 children (3 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 12 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 5 people | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 13 July 2024 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 7 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Ar’ara an-NaqabNaqab Desert | 13 July 2024 | 30 inhabited residential structures | 150 people (30 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Bedouin town / Self-Demolition |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 14 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| IsteihJericho | 14 July 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure, 3 livelihood structures, 1 other structure | 0 | 8 adults, 2 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 15 July 2024 | 5 inhabited residential structures | 17 adults, 22 children (5 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem (inside the Israeli-defined Jerusalem municipal boundaries) |
| HizmaJerusalem | 15 July 2024 | 4 livelihood structures | 0 | 20 adults, 12 children (7 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Marah Ma’allaBethlehem | 16 July 2024 | 3 inhabited residential structures | 0 | 8 adults, 10 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Farsh AlhawaHebron | 16 July 2024 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al ‘AujaJericho | 16 July 2024 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 176 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| An Nabi ElyasQalqiliya | 16 July 2024 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al ‘IsawiyaEast Jerusalem | 17 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Wadi al JozEast Jerusalem | 17 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 8 adults, 10 children (4 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Bani Na’imHebron | 17 July 2024 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 5 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Masafer Bani Na’imHebron | 17 July 2024 | 1 infrastructure structure, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 4 adults, 7 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| ZifHebron | 17 July 2024 | 1 WASH structure, 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 4 adults, 6 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Surkhi QunbarEast Jerusalem | 18 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 4 adults, 4 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| An Nuwei’maJericho | 18 July 2024 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 4 other structures | 0 | 8 adults, 14 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Deir SharafNablus | 21 July 2024 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 4 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 22 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 other structure | 4 adults, 7 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| ‘AnataJerusalem | 22 July 2024 | 5 inhabited residential structures, 4 livelihood structures, 16 agricultural structures | 7 adults, 3 children (4 households) | 93 people (15 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| FheidatJerusalem | 22 July 2024 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 5 adults, 5 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| South ‘Anata Bedouins (Wa’ar al Beik)Jerusalem | 22 July 2024 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 3 agricultural structures, 1 other structure | 3 adults, 5 children | 13 adults, 14 children (5 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| LodCentral Israel | 23 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit |
| At TurEast Jerusalem | 23 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 people | 4 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Ras al AmudEast Jerusalem | 23 July 2024 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al JwayaHebron | 23 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| Ar RakeezHebron | 23 July 2024 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 1 WASH structure, 1 agricultural structure | 7 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| At TurEast Jerusalem | 24 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 0 | 7 adults, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 24 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 4 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| JerichoJericho | 24 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 agricultural structure, 1 other structure | 6 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ar’ara an-NaqabNaqab Desert | 24 July 2024 | 3 inhabited residential structures | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Bedouin town / Self-Demolition |
| Farsh AlhawaHebron | 25 July 2024 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 9 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al Jiftlik abu al ‘AjajJericho | 25 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 WASH structure, 3 agricultural structures, 1 other structure | 3 adults, 8 children | 8 adults, 11 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al Jiftlik ash-ShunehJericho | 25 July 2024 | 2 livelihood structures, 1 WASH structure | 0 | 3 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al WalajaBethlehem | 26 July 2024 | 2 uninhabited residential structures | 0 | 5 people (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / (inside the Israeli-defined Jerusalem municipal boundaries) |
| Beit Hanina - Dahiyat al BareedEast Jerusalem | 26 July 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 9 adults, 4 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Khirbet al HasakaHebron | 26 July 2024 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 4 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ein ad Duyuk at TahtaJericho | 29 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 other structure | 0 | 2 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Beit SafafaEast Jerusalem | 30 July 2024 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 7 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Beit ‘AwwaHebron | 30 July 2024 | 1 WASH structure, 3 agricultural structures | 0 | 11 adults, 10 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TatritHebron | 30 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 livelihood structure, 1 agricultural structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 2 adults, 7 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| DumaNablus | 30 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 6 adults, 1 child | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| YatmaNablus | 30 July 2024 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 5 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Sur BahirEast Jerusalem | 31 July 2024 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 4 adults, 3 children (2 households) | 4 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Deir BallutSalfit | 31 July 2024 | 1 livelihood structure, 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 10 people (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TOTAL (72 incidents) | 242 total: 104 inhabited residential structures, 14 uninhabited residential structures, 29 livelihood structures, 5 infrastructure structures, 1 public structure, 12 WASH structures, 65 agricultural structures, 12 other structures | 140 adults, 146 children (75 households) | 258 adults, 248 children (144 households) | ||