Report
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
Jabal al Mukabbir, East Jerusalem, photo by OCHA
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 | 1 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 1 adult | 2 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| IsteihJericho | 1 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 3 adults, 6 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Kafr DanJenin | 2 January 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 1 agricultural structure | 15 adults, 2 children (4 households) | 11 adults, 9 children (4 households) | Punitive demolition / Area B |
| Al AujaJericho | 2 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Isfey al FaukaHebron | 3 January 2023 | 2 public structures | 0 | 7 adults, 21 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C / Israeli-declared Firing Zone 918 |
| Ma’inHebron | 3 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 WASH structure | 0 | 6 adults, 4 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Mantiqat Shi’b al ButumHebron | 3 January 2023 | 4 inhabited residential structures, 6 WASH structures | 17 adults, 9 children (4 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| An Nabi ElyasQalqiliya | 3 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 7 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al KhadrBethlehem | 4 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 9 adults, 14 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 4 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults, 8 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al MughayyirRamallah | 4 January 2023 | 2 WASH structures, 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 6 adults, 4 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Jabal al SindasHebron | 5 January 2023 | 1 WASH structure | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Arab al Ka’abnehNablus | 5 January 2023 | 3 inhabited residential structures, 1 infrastructure structure, 5 agricultural structures | 11 adults, 7 children (4 households) | 312 people (51 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Majd al-KrumNorth Israel | 8 January 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 4 adults, 6 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit |
| QalandiyaEast Jerusalem | 9 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 7 adults, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Al ‘AujaJericho | 10 January 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 9 adults, 9 children (4 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| IsteihJericho | 10 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 other structure | 0 | 2 adults, 4 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| AnataJerusalem | 10 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 4 livelihood structures, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 other structure | 3 adults, 4 children | 36 adults, 11 children (7 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Kafr ad DikSalfit | 10 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 WASH structure | 3 people | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al Baqa’aHebron | 11 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure, 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 7 adults, 18 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Khallet al ForonHebron | 11 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 uninhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 8 children | 2 adults, 2 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| An Nabi ElyasQalqiliya | 11 January 2023 | 3 agricultural structures | 0 | 5 adults, 9 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ein SamiyaRamallah | 11 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 3 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| DumaNablus | 12 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 47 adults, 34 children (16 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 14 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 3 adults, 6 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 14 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 5 adults, 5 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 14 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 6 adults, 3 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| HizmaEast Jerusalem | 16 January 2023 | 14 livelihood structures | 0 | 97 adults, 76 children (25 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Shuyukh al ‘ArrubHebron | 16 January 2023 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 10 adults, 11 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Beit HaninaEast Jerusalem | 17 January 2023 | 1 other structure | 0 | 2 adults | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Beit SafafaEast Jerusalem | 17 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Arab al FureijatHebron | 18 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 infrastructure structure | 2 adults, 1 child | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| TatritHebron | 18 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 6 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al Jiftlik al MusaffahJericho | 18 January 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures | 4 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Al FunduqQalqiliya | 18 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 108 people | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Kafr LaqifQalqiliya | 18 January 2023 | 1 WASH structure | 0 | 1149 people (192 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area B |
| Old CityEast Jerusalem | 19 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Surkhi QunbarEast Jerusalem | 21 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 4 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| ArtasBethlehem | 22 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 agricultural structure | 5 adults, 4 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 22 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 6 adults, 1 child | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Az Za’ayyem BedouinsJerusalem | 23 January 2023 | 3 agricultural structures | 0 | 11 adults, 9 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| HabkaQalqiliya | 23 January 2023 | 1 WASH structure | 0 | 3734 adults, 4372 children (1351 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area B |
| al-AraqibNaqab Desert | 24 January 2023 | 1 whole village | 0 | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / unrecognised Bedouin village / 212th time |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 25 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 3 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Shu’fat refugee campEast Jerusalem | 25 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 6 people | 0 | Punitive Demolition |
| Ma’inHebron | 25 January 2023 | 1 infrastructure structure, 1 WASH structure, 2 agricultural structures | 0 | 4 adults, 9 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ein ad Duyuk at TahtaJericho | 25 January 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 1 uninhabited residential structure, 2 other structures | 2 adults, 6 children | 13 adults, 11 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| IsteihJericho | 25 January 2023 | 2 inhabited residential structures, 1 uninhabited residential structure, 1 WASH structure, 2 other structures | 4 adults, 5 children (2 households) | 6 adults, 5 children (2 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| NahhalinBethlehem | 26 January 2023 | 1 agricultural structure | 0 | 6 adults, 3 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / Area C |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 26 January 2023 | 1 uninhabited residential structure | 0 | 2 adults, 6 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem / Self-Demolition |
| Jenin refugee campJenin | 26 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure, 1 infrastructure structure, 1 public structure | 3 people | 11455 people (1909 households) | Israeli military operation / Area A |
| Ras al ‘AmudEast Jerusalem | 28 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 2 adults, 5 children | 0 | Punitive Demolition |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 29 January 2023 | 1 inhabited residential structure | 4 adults, 7 children | 0 | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| Jabal al MukabbirEast Jerusalem | 30 January 2023 | 1 livelihood structure | 0 | 2 adults, 5 children | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| SilwanEast Jerusalem | 30 January 2023 | 1 infrastructure structure | 0 | 7 adults, 12 children (3 households) | Lack of an Israeli-issued building permit / East Jerusalem |
| TOTAL (55 incidents) | 125 total: 1 whole village, 31 inhabited residential structures, 12 uninhabited residential structures, 21 livelihood structures, 8 infrastructure structures, 3 public structures, 16 WASH structures, 27 agricultural structures, 7 other structures | 89 adults, 78 children (18 households) | 4081 adults, 4702 children (3589 households) | ||
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