26 September 2023, demolished house, An Nuwei'ma Al-Fauka Bedouins, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 2 September 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 4 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Tura al GharbiyaJenin | 4 September 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 1 adult | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| AnataJerusalem | 6 September 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure, 10 livelihood structures, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 28 adults, 26 children (9 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area B and C |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 8 September 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 2 adults, 5 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Bin OnahBethlehem | 12 September 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 3 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 13 September 2023 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 7 adults, 3 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 14 September 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 15 September 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 4 adults, 4 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 17 September 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 people | 7 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al Jiftlik-abu al ‘AjajJericho | 18 September 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 0 | 8 adults, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| Furush Beit DajanNablus | 18 September 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| Humsa-Al JufehNablus | 18 September 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 7 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| HarisSalfit | 18 September 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 4 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 23 September 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| ArtasBethlehem | 26 September 2023 | 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 5 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| An Nuwei’ma Al-Fauqa BedouinsJericho | 26 September 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 4 agricultural structures | 4 adults, 7 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 27 September 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures | 3 people | 6 adults, 3 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Al JalamaJenin | 27 September 2023 | 15 livelihood structures | 0 | 108 people (21 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| al-AragibNaqab Desert | 27 September 2023 | 1 whole village | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Unrecognised Bedouin village / 222nd demolition |
| Wadi Juheish, SusiyaHebron | 28 September 2023 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 167 adults, 100 children (60 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| Kafr ad DikSalfit | 28 September 2023 | 2 infrastructure structures | 0 | 8 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit /Area C |
| TOTAL (21 incidents) | 55 total: 1 whole village, 10 inhabited residential structures, 4 uninhabited residential structures, 27 livelihood structures, 3 infrastructure structures, 10 agricultural structures | 14 adults, 14 children (2 households) | 244 adults, 156 children (94 households) | ||