Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

5 June 2024 Jericho

Israel destroys seasonal home and fences in al-Matar area, east of Jericho

On Wednesday, 5 June 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a digger at the al-Matar area, located east of Jericho. The forces demolished a seasonal home belonging to a family of two, a fence around it, a storage shed and six water tanks. They also uprooted fruit trees. The forces demolished two additional fences around plots designated for construction and owned by East Jerusalem residents.

4 June 2024 al-Jawaya

Israel demolishes a house, leaving a family of 10 homeless

On Tuesday, 4 June 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived at the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills with a military and Border Police escort and two diggers. The forces demolished the home of a family of 10, including seven minors, leaving them homeless.

28 May 2024 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta

Israel demolishes vacation home and sheep pen in the Jordan Valley

On Tuesday, 28 May 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a digger at the village of ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta in the southern Jordan Valley and demolished a house, leaving two people homeless. The forces also destroyed a vacation home and its swimming pool and razed fruit trees in the yard, as well as a storage room and a sheep pen owned by another resident.

9 May 2024 Ein a-Rashash, Duma

Israel demolishes homes in Duma of two families expelled from ‘Ein a-Rashash

On Thursday, 9 May 2024, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort to the village of Duma in Nablus District and demolished four residential tents and two sheds belonging to two families, numbering 11 people in total, seven of them minors, who were expelled from their homes in the community of ‘Ein a-Rashash on 13 October 2023, leaving them once again homeless. The force also demolished the homes of two other families numbering 17 people in total, 13 of them minors, leaving them homeless.

8 May 2024 al-Jiftlik, Frush Beit Dajan

Israel demolishes three homes in Jordan Valley

On Wednesday, 8 May 2024, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and two diggers to the village of al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley. The force demolished the homes of two families, numbering 11 people in total, six of them minors, leaving them homeless. The force also demolished a residential structure not yet inhabited and an agricultural shed belonging to another family.From there, the force continued north to Furush Beit Dajan and demolished a seasonal home of a family of nine, four of them minors.

3 April 2024 Kh. Ibziq

Jordan Valley settlement council staff and a soldier confiscated a farmer’s car in Khirbet Ibziq, northern Jordan Valley

On Wednesday, 3 April 2024, at around 1:00 P.M., Jordan Valley settlement council staff arrived at Khirbet Ibziq in the northern Jordan Valley with a soldier. They seized a car belonging to a farmer who was working his land on a tractor and ordered him to drive it to the military base north of Khirbet Samrah, on the pretext that it had entered “Firing Zone 900.”

18 March 2024 Jericho

Israel demolishes Palestinian vacation homes under construction, farming structures and fences, uproots trees, and damages solar panels and water tanks in al-Matar area, east of Jericho

On Monday, 18 March 2024, around 11:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and about seven diggers and bulldozers to the area of al-Matar, east of Jericho. The forces demolished two vacation homes under construction and a wooden vacation structure, two trailers used for agriculture, a barbed wire fence and 11 concrete walls surrounding structures and plots of land. The forces also demolished two outhouses, three water tanks and seven solar panels, and uprooted 25 trees around one of the structures.

29 February 2024 'Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta

In several hours, Israel demolished six homes, agricultural structures, water tanks, two swimming pools and solar panels, and razed fruit trees in the Jordan Valley

On Thursday morning, 29 Feb. 2024, at around 6:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort, two diggers and a bulldozer at the village of ‘Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. The forces demolished an agricultural rainwater pool along with a stone wall and barbed wire fence that surrounded it. They also demolished a home, a concrete wall around it and a swimming pool, vandalized eight water tanks, and razed fruit trees in the yard.At around 7:00 A.M., the forces arrived at the area of Satih, south of Jericho. They demolished two homes, leaving two families numbering nine people, three of them minors, homeless. They also demolished a vacation home belonging to another family, a fence surrounding it and a swimming pool, vandalized two water tanks and razed about 60 fruit trees. In addition, they demolished an agricultural structure and a water tank belonging to a fourth family.At around 8:00 A.M., the forces arrived at the area of al-Matar, east of Jericho. They demolished two vacation homes, a structure used for storage, three water tanks, two swimming pools and solar panels belonging to two families that live in East Jerusalem.