House Demolition Reports

Houses Demolished since Annapolis*: 56

Timeline

February 27: The Society of Arab Studies released a report stating that since the beginning of the occupation in 1967, Israel has demolished 8,500 Palestinian houses in Jerusalem.

February 15: An explosion in Al Bureij Camp, central Gaza, killed eight Palestinians including a leader in Islamic Jihad and destroyed six houses. Israeli has denied responsibility for the attack. On the same day, the IDF launched a missile into Beit Hanoun, destroying the roof, kitchen and bathroom of a house in which 18 people live.

February 13: The Civil Administration and the IDF bulldozed four tents, and four animal barracks in a Bedouin area east of Ramallah. Another four families were forced to dismantle their tents. 76 people were displaced. 15 shops and houses, two water networks, and a main road were damaged in Beit Omar during an IDF operation there during which they erected a number of road blocks.

February 12: An IDF bulldozer destroyed a mini-market in Hizma village.

February 10: The IAF bombed and completely destroyed a two-storey belonging to a Hamas leader in Rafah.

February 6: Eight Israeli jeeps and a bulldozer arrived in Al-Hadidiya, and demolished 15 structures, including 5 residential tents, which belonged to three local Bedouin families. The IDF also demolished four residential structures belonging to Bedouins in Al-Jiflik. Another house was demolished in the Old City of Jerusalem, as well as a shop in Salfit.

February 3: Settlers erected ten portable units in Tama'areh near Bethlehem, and named the new outpost after Rehavam Ze'evi, Israel's minister of Tourism who was assassinated by the PFLP in 2001.

February 4: Settlers from Havat Gilad uprooted 200 Palestinian-owned olive trees in the village of Jit. Demolition orders were issued against three houses and a carpentry shop in Qaraqat Bani Hassan.

January 31: The IDF issued two demolition orders against houses in Faru'n, which lie adjacent to the Wall.

January 28: An IDF bulldozer knocked down the wall of a house in Bethlehem in order to arrest a wanted man who was in the building.

January 23: IDF bulldozers levelled 350 dunams of olive and citrus trees outside of Beit Hanoun. The IDF also issued six demolition orders in Huwwara.

January 22: Settlers cut down 20 Palestinian-owned olive trees in Sawiya.

January 21: A house in Dhinnaba was damaged during an IDF raid. It was deemed uninhabitable, and five people were displaced.

January 19: Settlers cut down 23 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in 'Einabus, Nablus Governorate.

January 16: The IDF displaced 30 Bedouin in Al Jib and ordered them to dismantle their tents and storage structures.

January 15: Israeli settlers in central Hebron threw a Molotov cocktail into the kitchen of their Arab neighbors.

January 13: Four stores in Nablus were damaged by grenades during an IDF search and arrest operation. Demolition orders were issued against 9 water cisterns in Al-Hathaleen.

January 9: IDF soldiers destroyed six water cisterns and uprooted 3,200 trees in Beit Ula. 15 stop-building orders were issued against houses and a cistern in Khirbet At Tawayel, Nablus Governorate.

January 6: IDF bulldozers demolished a house in central Gaza during a military operation there.

January 3: Two Bedouin tents and two barracks were demolished by the IDF in Tubas, displacing 13 inhabitants. The IDF demolished an additional twelve tents and barracks in Fayasil, displacing 80.

January 2: IDF soldiers arrived outside of Al Baq'a, near Ramallah, and evicted 60 Bedouins from their land, demolishing seven tents and two barracks.

January 1: Israeli settlers from Efrat and El Azara set fire to a 700-year old mosque in Al-Khader, west Bethlehem.

December 27: Israeli bulldozers demolished an inhabited house during a military incursion into Khan Younis.


*Two houses were demolished between November 27 and the beginning of AM's reporting period, December 27. This statistic will include demolitions of Bedouin tents and barracks, but not storage units or water cisterns. Structures damaged by the IDF and subsequently deemed uninhabitable will be omitted, but given mention in the timeline. Notable cases of willful damages to property (including houses, mosques, wells etc.) by settlers or the IDF are also mentioned in the timeline.

Sources: OCHA oPt, Palestine Media Center.