Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

30 June 2025 Kh. al-Twayel

Israel demolished three residential tents and other structures in Khirbet a-Twayel, Jordan Valley

On Monday, 30 June 2025, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by Border Police officers and equipped with a bulldozer, arrived at the community of Khirbet a-Twayel in the Jordan Valley. The forces demolished three residential tents belonging to three families, numbering 21 people in total, including 11 minors. They also demolished four tents used as livestock pens, two outhouses, and four water tanks belonging to the same families.

11 June 2025 Kh. Khallet a-Dabe'

Israel demolished nine family homes in Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe', Masafer Yatta, and declared the area a closed military zone

On Wednesday, 11 June 2025, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and Border Police officers and equipped with a bulldozer, arrived at the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe' community in Masafer Yatta. The forces demolished the homes of four families, numbering 32 people, including 22 minors, as well as residential tents erected by five other families, numbering 16 people, including five minors. These families had set up the tents after the Civil Administration demolished their homes and most of the structures in the village in early May. The forces also demolished two kitchens, two outhouses, two water tanks, and a barbed-wire fence belonging to the first two families. All nine families were left without shelter.On 26 May 2025, settlers established a new outpost near the remaining homes and tried to drive the residents out. On 1 June 2025, the military declared the area a “closed military zone,” expelled all the activists staying there to protect the residents, and dismantled the outpost.

28 May 2025 al-Jawaya

Civil Administration demolishes agricultural structures in community of a-Jawaya

On Wednesday, 28 May 2025, Civil Administration personnel, escorted by soldiers and Border Police officers and equipped with bulldozers, arrived at the community of a-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished two agricultural structures – one made of concrete blocks and the other of tin, as well as a livestock enclosure and a cave belonging to one of the families.

21 May 2025 Marj Na'jah

Civil Administration demolishes foundations of 4 homes and other agricultural structures

On Wednesday, 21 May 2025, Civil Administration personnel, escorted by soldiers and equipped with a bulldozer, arrived at the village of Marj Na’jah in the Jordan Valley and demolished concrete slabs intended to serve as the foundations for four pre-fab homes. The forces also demolished a seasonal tent home belonging to a family of four, including two minors, as well as three tents used as livestock pens and one livestock enclosure. The Civil Administration had previously demolished this family’s seasonal residence in September 2024.

21 May 2025 Frush Beit Dajan

Civil Administration demolishes irrigation pool in Furush Beit Dajan; another pool demolished by owner on authorities’ orders

On Wednesday, 21 May 2025, Civil Administration personnel, escorted by soldiers and equipped with bulldozers, arrived at the village of Furush Beit Dajan in the Jordan Valley and demolished a pool used to irrigate a fruit tree orchard and greenhouses. The forces then proceeded to another irrigation pool, about 500 meters away. They found the landowner had already demolished the pool after receiving a demolition order in January 2025, for fear the forces would also demolish the greenhouses it irrigated.

5 May 2025 Kh. a-Deir (Tubas)

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes and agricultural structures, leaving families homeless in the Jordan Valley

On Monday, 5 May 2025, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and two bulldozers, arrived in Khirbet a-Deir in the Jordan Valley. They demolished two homes, leaving two families—five people, including one minor—without shelter.The forces also destroyed two shacks used as sheep pens, five fodder storage tents, and two outhouses. They vandalized eight water tanks, 28 solar panels, and ten feeding troughs.

5 May 2025 Kh. Khallet a-Dabe'

Israel demolished most of the homes in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in Masafer Yatta, the South Hebron Hills, leaving 49 people, including 27 minors, homeless

On Monday, 5 May 2025, in the morning hours, Civil Administration personnel, escorted by Border Police officers and soldiers and equipped with an excavator and bulldozer, arrived in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the South Hebron Hills. The forces demolished ten homes, leaving 49 people, including 27 minors, without shelter. Additionally, the forces demolished 11 sanitation structures, two kitchen structures, 11 water tanks, five water cisterns, three structures used as sheep pens (including a cave), a hospitality hall, an electricity room, a solar power network and water infrastructure.The community was left with the school building and four residential homes that are still under legal proceedings. Families whose homes were demolished received tents from a humanitarian organization and remained in the community area.Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ is one of the communities in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills, which Israel declared a “closed military zone” in the early 1980s, with the aim of seizing the area and expelling its residents. Since then, the state has prohibited the development of the communities—many of which predate the occupation of the West Bank—prevented their connection to water and electricity infrastructure, and repeatedly demolished their homes, any infrastructure they tried to build, and even the roads leading to the communities. In recent years, the communities have also suffered repeated settler attacks, often with army assistance, which also allows settlers to establish outposts within the declared “firing zone” adjacent to them.

29 April 2025 a-Zuweidin

Israel demolishes two homes and other structures, leaving 22 Palestinians homeless

On Tuesday, 29 April 2025, Civil Administration forces, accompanied soldiers and Border Police and equipped with four bulldozers, arrived atin the village of a-Zuweidin in the South Hebron Hills. The force demolished two homes, leaving left two families – 22 people, including 17 minors – homeless. The force also demolished two water cisterns, a shack used as a sheep pen, and three livestock enclosures.

22 April 2025 al-Jawaya

Israel demolishes water cistern and vandalizes water tanks, South Hebron Hills

On Tuesday, 22 April 2025, Civil Administration personnel, accompanied by soldiers and Border Police officers and equipped with a bulldozer, arrived in the community of al-Jawaya, southeast of the town of Yatta in the South Hebron Hills. They demolished a water cistern and vandalized a water tank.

6 April 2025 Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar

Civil Administration dismantles and confiscates homes of 4 families, leaving 35 people, 15 of them minors, without shelter

On Sunday, 6 April 2025, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a bulldozer and trucks, escorted by soldiers and members of the Jordan Valley Settlement Council, to the area of Ras al-Ahmar in the Jordan Valley. The forces dismantled and confiscated eight residential tents, leaving four families – a total of 35 people, 15 of them minors – without shelter. The families had relocated to the area after settler violence drove them out of their homes in Khirbet Samrah about 20 days earlier. The forces also demolished a livestock enclosure and confiscated eight livestock pens, three water tanks, two generators, two solar panels, and two carts used for carrying goods.

31 March 2025 Bardalah, Khallet Khader (al-Farisiyah), al-Burj (Hamam al-Maleh)

Israel demolished a family's home for the second time in a month, along with additional structures in the Jordan Valley

On Monday, 31 March 2025, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived in the village of Bardalah with a military escort and a digger. The forces demolished a tin-roofed chicken coop under construction. They then proceeded south to the community of al-Farisiyah (Khallet Khader), where they demolished an unoccupied house, an agricultural tent, a sheep pen, and two water tanks, and damaged an irrigation pipe.From there, the forces continued west to the al-Burj area, where, for the second time in a month, they demolished a family’s shack, home to eight people, including four minors, as well as the family’s sheep pen and outhouse. The family’s home was previously demolished on 25 November 2024.