Foreign Affairs Ministry Condemns Demolition In Silwan, Jerusalem
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates stated that the demolition of the Bustan Association headquarters in the Silwan,…
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OCHA: 40,000 Jerusalem Residents Affected by Israeli Demolitions in One Year
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) reports that over 40,000…
Israel Orders Demolition of 37 Homes, Commercial Structures in Silwan
On Monday, Israeli soldiers and City Council personnel invaded Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital,…
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Palestine UNESCO Ambassador Condemns Israeli Theft of Artifacts, Demolition Of Heritage Sites In Gaza
Munir Anastas, the Ambassador of Palestine to UNESCO, strongly denounced Israel’s ongoing actions of stealing valuable artifacts and demolishing cultural…
Israeli Authorities Deliver Stop-work, and Demolition Orders, Expropriate Land, in the West Bank
Israeli occupation authorities delivered, on Tuesday, 15 stop-work orders near Salfit, 2 demolition notices near Bethlehem, and expropriated a large…
Israeli Authorities Confiscate Generator, Deliver Demolition Order, Near Hebron
Israeli occupation authorities confiscated, on Monday, building materials and a generator, while soldiers delivered a demolition notice to an under-construction…
Israeli Authorities Order Demolition of Palestinian-owned Homes, Irrigation Ponds, Farm Structures, and Roads in Nablus, Salfit
Israeli occupation forces delivered, on Sunday, several demolition notices against 8 homes, 2 irrigation ponds, and stop work orders against…
WAFA: “Demolition orders issued against houses, structures, and a road in the South Hebron Hills”
HEBRON, Tuesday, June 20, 2023 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation forces today issued demolition orders against three houses, a shed,…
Palestinian Families Forced To Empty Their Homes Ahead Of Demolition
On Sunday, five Palestinian families from the Wadi Qaddoum neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied…
Soldiers Deliver Demolition And Halt Construction Order Near Salfit
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Deir Ballout town, west of Salfit in the central West Bank, and handed eighteen demolitions…
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WAFA: “Diplomats visit school threatened with demolition near Bethlehem, urge Israel to reverse decision”
JERUSALEM, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 (WAFA) – Foreign diplomats today visited Jub al-Deeb school near Bethlehem, which has received an…
Israel Approves Demolition Of Home Two Homes In Ramallah And Nablus
The Israeli government approved the demolition of the family home of a Palestinian who carried out a shooting attack in…
Israeli Court Denies Appeal Against School Demolition
On Monday, an Israeli court denied an appeal against the demolition of a Palestinian in Beit Ta’mir village, east of…
WAFA: “Israel Orders Demolition Of Six Palestinian Homes In Jerusalem””
JERUSALEM, Saturday, February 11, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities ordered today six Palestinian households in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood…
WAFA: “Settlement Resistance Commission: Israel issued 5,820 demolition orders and removal of structures since 2015”
RAMALLAH, Saturday, January 14, 2023 (WAFA) – The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said today that the Israeli occupation authorities…
WAFA: “Israel orders demolition of five homes, three wells in Masafer Yatta”
HEBRON, Sunday, January 8, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities notified Palestinians today of their intention to demolish five homes…
PCHR: “Collective Punishment Policy: Two Palestinians, Including Child, Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire During Two House Demolitions in Jenin”
Ref: 1/2023, Date: 02 January 2023, The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): Today at dawn, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed two…
WAFA: “Following a petition by JLAC, Israel’s Supreme Court freezes eviction and demolition of Ein Samiya school”
JERUSALEM, Monday, January 2, 2023 (WAFA) – Following a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court, the Jerusalem Legal Aid and…
Israeli Court Denies Home Demolition Appeal Of Hebron Family
On Monday, an Israeli military court denied an appeal filed by a family of a slain Palestinian man against demolishing…
Israel Approves Punitive Demolition Of Slain Palestinian’s Home
On Thursday evening, the Israeli occupation government approved the punitive demolition of the family’s home of a young Palestinian man…
WAFA: “Israeli occupation forces demolish two houses, order demolition of a school near Hebron”
HEBRON, Monday, November 28, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation forces today demolished two Palestinian-owned houses to the east of…
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WAFA: “Israel’s demolition of donor-funded school in Masafer Yatta illegal: EU”
BRUSSELS, Friday, November 25, 2022 (WAFA) – The European Union has strongly deplored Israel’s demolition of the donor-funded Sfai school…
Israeli Army Issues Demolition And Halt Construction Orders Of Eight Homes Near Salfit
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, and handed…
Israeli Army Orders Demolition Of Residential Tents Near Tubas
On Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Ras Al-Ahmar Bedouin community southeast of Tubas in the northeastern part of the occupied…
Palestinians near Nazareth Protest Israeli Home Demolitions
In the small village of Taybeh, located in the Nazareth district, dozens of local villagers marched, held signs, and chanted…
Army Abducts One Palestinian, Delivers Demolition Orders, In Tubas
On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian man after confiscating his truck in Khirbat Einoun village and handed several demolition…
Israeli Court Denies Appeal Against Demolition Of Residential Tents Near Tubas
An Israeli court denied an appeal against the demolition orders of Palestinian residential tents for Bedouins in the Khirbat Ibziq…
WAFA: “Despite the 202nd demolition since 2000, al-Araqib residents persist in rebuilding their village”
THE NAQAB, Tuesday, June 7, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli authorities today demolished al-Araqib village in the Naqab (Negev) desert…
Israeli Army Issues Demolition Orders Against Two Homes In Hebron
On Monday, Israeli soldiers handed orders for the demolition of two Palestinian homes in the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron,…
Israeli Court Denies Appeal, Orders Demolition Of Palestinian Home In Jenin
On Wednesday evening, an Israeli court denied an appeal against the demolition of a Palestinian home in Silat al-Harithiya town,…
Army Issues Demolition and Stop-Work Orders to School, Shelters and Barns Near Hebron
Israeli occupation authorities issued, on Monday, a demolition order for a school and stop-work orders for eight other Palestinian-owned structures…
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Silwanic: Sheikh Jarrah to the Forefront of Events… Dozens of Arrests and Demolitions… Repression and Abuse
Wadi Hilweh Information Center (Silwanic) – Jerusalem issued its monthly report for the month of February, during which it monitored…
Threat Of Demolition Looms Over Twenty Palestinian Homes Near Jericho
The Israeli army issued demolition orders against twenty Palestinian homes in the ad-Dyouk at-Tihta village, west of Jericho, in northeastern…
Israeli Court Approves Demolition of Jaradat Family Home
On Sunday, an Israeli Court approved the demolition of the family home of the imprisoned Palestinian Mohammad Youssef Jaradat. This…
WAFA: “Palestinians demonstrate at the West Jerusalem Israeli municipality against its demolition policy”
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinians demonstrated today outside the West Jerusalem Israeli municipality in protest…
Israeli Army Continues Uprooting Trees, Demolition Of Retaining Walls Near Salfit
Israeli soldiers continued Thursday, the bulldozing of Palestinian lands, the uprooting of dozens of trees, and the demotion of retaining…
WAFA: “Dozens Of Palestinian Commercial Facilities In Jerusalem Receive Demolition Orders From Israeli Municipality”
JERUSALEM, Monday, February 7, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem today notified owners of dozens of Palestinian…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement | November – December 2021
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): West Bank Demolition and Displacement Report
Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians, Two Solidarity Activists, Peacefully Protesting Home Demolitions
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, five Palestinians and two solidarity activists, during a peaceful sit-in protest denouncing the demolition…
Under Israeli Orders; Family Completes Demolition Of Its Home In Jerusalem
The Dabash Palestinian family, in Sur Baher village southeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, has completed the demolition…
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Half Of Al-Walaja Homes Face Threat Of Demolition
Ibrahim al-A’raj, a member of the Follow-Up Committee for homes threatened by Israel demolition orders, stated that half of the…
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WAFA: “EU urges a halt to Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes”
RAMALLAH, Friday, November 26, 2021 (WAFA) – The European Union reiterated today its call on the Israeli occupation authorities to…
Army Begins Demolition of Prisoner’s Home in Jerusalem
Israeli forces stormed, on Wednesday, the home of Palestinian prisoner Mahmoud Jaber, demolished the inside and handed the family a…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report | September 2021
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Monthly Demolition and Displacement Report for September 2021
WAFA: “Israel orders demolition of five houses west of Salfit”
SALFIT, Wednesday, November 03, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities today issued demolition orders against five houses in the town…
Army Delivers Demolition Orders to Palestinian-owned Homes near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers distributed, on Wednesday, stop-work and demolition orders to several buildings and a water well in the southern occupied…
Several Palestinians Receive Demolition Orders In Silwan
On Wednesday morning, dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers, accompanied by personnel of the City Council in occupied Jerusalem,…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report | July 2021
Report by The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report Highlights…
Army Invades Northern Plains Village, Hands Demolition Orders
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday at night, Khirbet Ibziq Bedouin village, in the Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank,…
WAFA: “Israeli forces conduct large-scale demolitions in northern Jordan Valley”
TUBAS, Wednesday, August 04, 2021 (WAFA) – Israeli forces today conducted large-scale demolitions of Palestinian property in Khirbet Ibzeiq village, northeast of…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement for June 2021
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report | June 2021
38 Homes, 8 Structures, Face Threat Of Demolition In Al-Walaja
38 Palestinian homes and 8 structures in the al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West…
Israel Issues A Demolition Order Targeting A Four-Story Building In Shu’fat
Israeli soldiers handed, Thursday, a demolition order targeting a four-story residential building in Shu’fat town, in occupied Jerusalem, and informed…
Army Hands Demolition Orders Targeting 25 Homes Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, the as-Sawiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed the Palestinians…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement for May 2021
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report Overview for May…
Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Four Homes Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and handed…
Army Issues demolition Orders Targeting Home And Barn In Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, the town of Battir, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and handed demolition orders…
Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Ten Homes Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the villages of Deir Qiddis and Ni’lin, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah,…
Israeli Army Issues Demolition Order Of A Clinic Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, Birin area, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and…
Army Orders Demolition Of Palestinian Structures In Jerusalem
Israeli soldiers issued, Tuesday, demolition orders targeting several Palestinian structures in the al-‘Isawiya town, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem. Media…
Israel Issues Demolition Orders Targeting 13 Homes Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, Tuesday, Qabalan village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed the Palestinians thirteen…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report | March 2021
The United Nation Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report for March 2021…
Two Palestinian Siblings Forced To Evacuate Their Homes Ahead Of Israeli Demolition In Jerusalem
On Thursday, two Palestinian siblings from Jabal al-Mokabber village, in occupied Jerusalem, had to evacuate their homes and remove their…
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OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement Report – February 2021
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) – West Bank Demolitions and Displacement…
Army Issues Demolition Order Of Under-Construction Palestinian Home Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Wadi al-Hummus area, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, and handed…
Army Demolishes 2 Palestinian-owned Homes, Deliver Many Demolition Orders
The Israeli occupation authorities delivered demolition notices, Tuesday, to ten Palestinian-owned homes and structures in the town of Jib, northwest…
Israel Orders Demolition Of Seven Palestinian Homes Near Hebron
The Israeli army invaded, Thursday, Ma’in area east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
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WAFA: “UN Mideast Coordinator urges Israel to cease demolition and seizure of Palestinian property”
(WAFA) – The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, urged Israel to cease the…
OCHA: “Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, on the demolitions at Humsa – Al Bqai’a”
The following is a statement by Lynn Hastings, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the United Nations Office for the Coordination Humanitarian…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement – January 2021
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Demolition and Displacement: January…
Army Delivers 15 Demolition Notices, Uproots Trees in Northern West Bank
Israeli occupation forces delivered, on Sunday, demolition notices to 15 Palestinian-owned homes in Yatma town, south of the northern West…
Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting A Home, Sheds And Barns Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded, Thursday, Ein Shibli village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and handed demolition orders…
OCHA: “UN reiterates its call for demolitions to end and for international law to be respected”
Statement by Sarah Muscroft, Head of OCHA in the occupied Palestinian territory, James Heenan, Head of the UN Human Rights…
OCHA: Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs In the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA-OPT): The figures below reflect…
PCHR: “Wide-Scale Demolition Operation, Israeli Occupation Demolishes 28 Homes and Facilities in Northern Jordan Valleys Displacing 85 Palestinians, including 45 Children”
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) On Monday morning, 01 February 2021, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a…
Press release: PHROC Sends Joint Urgent Appeal to the United Nations Special Procedures on Israel’s Continued Demolitions Amidst a Global Pandemic
On 25 January 2021, the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), compromising of eleven Palestinian human rights organizations, submitted a…
Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Agricultural Structures Near Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, the al-Khader town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and handed demolition orders targeting…
OCHA Report: Demolitions and Displacements | December 2020
Demolitions and Displacements report from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) In December, the…
Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Eight Homes, And A Shed, Near Nablus
Several Israeli army jeeps invaded, on Monday at dawn, Douma village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus,…
Army Orders Demolition Of School, Under-Construction Mosque, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Sunday, Masafer Yatta area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and handed orders for…
B’Tselem: 2020 in the Occupied Territories: Heinous Killings, Settler Violence and a Home Demolitions Spike
Report By The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories B’Tselem: Over the course of 2020, Israeli…
Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians, Abduct Three, During Home Demolition Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers injured, on Tuesday before noon, five Palestinians, including children, and abducted three others, after the army invaded the…
Army Summons Father Of Slain Palestinian, Informs Him Of Pending Home Demolition
On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers summoned for interrogation Omar Sadeq Kamil, the father of the Palestinian teen who was killed by…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement – November 2020
Summary Record number of demolitions and seizures since OCHA started documenting this practice in 2009. The freeze on the demolition…
Soldiers Invade Aneen, Hand Demolition Orders
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Wednesday evening, the village of Aneen, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and…
Army Issues Demolition Orders Targeting Structures In Qalqilia And Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers handed, Thursday, demolition orders targeting Palestinian structures east of Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, and west of Bethlehem,…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement | October 2020
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (UN-OCHA) Summary for October 2020 Removal…
OCHA: “Data On Demolition And Displacement In The West Bank”
Report by The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): The figures below reflect the demolition of Palestinian-owned…
PCHR: “Wide-Scale Demolition Amounting to Ethnic Cleansing, Israeli Occupation Demolishes 70 Facilities in the Northern Valley Displacing 60 Palestinians”
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR): On Tuesday evening, 03 November 2020, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a…
Israeli Authorities Order Demolition of Palestinian Road in Nablus
Local sources have reported that Israeli authorities posted demolition orders along a 3-kilometer stretch of road, saying that Israeli forces…
One Palestinian-owned Home Razed, Two More Receive Demolition Orders
The Israeli authorities razed a Palestinian-owned home, on Monday, in Taybeh village, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank,…
OCHA Report: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement | September 2020
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) In September, the Israeli authorities demolished, forced people to demolish…
Following Adalah’s legal action against East Jerusalem home demolitions: Israel freezes demolitions nationwide
UPDATE (6 OCTOBER 2020): Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent an urgent letter late yesterday,…
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Opinion: Thousands of Palestinian homes face demolition as Israel refuses building permits
Dr. Belal Yasin – Middle East Monitor: In the early 1990s, Wael Al-Tahan submitted an application to the Israeli authorities…
OCHA: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement / August 2020
United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) HIGHLIGHTS Sharp increase in demolition-related displacements in August. 21 stuctures…
OCHA: Unlawful Demolitions in the West Bank Spike During Pandemic
Statement by Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick The six month period from March 1 to August…
Army Orders Demolition Of One Home, Halt Construction Of Another, Near Hebron
Israeli soldiers invaded, Monday, the at-Tiwana village, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the…
Israeli Court Rejects Appeal, Approves Mosque Demolition In Silwan
An Israeli court in occupied Jerusalem rejected an appeal, Monday, against orders for the demolition of a mosque in Silwan…
EU Missions Urge Israel to Cease Demolition of Palestinian Homes
The European Union (EU) missions in occupied Jerusalem and Ramallah, on Wednesday, urged the occupation state of Israel to cease…
OCHA Report: West Bank Demolitions and Displacement – July 2020
United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Highlights 27 inhabited homes demolished since the start of the…