Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

22 December 2025 Wadi Qadum

Israel demolished a four-story residential building in Wadi Qadum, East Jerusalem

On 22 December 2025, dozens of Jerusalem Municipality workers, Israel Police officers and Border Police officers demolished a four-story residential building in Wadi Qadum, East Jerusalem, claiming it was built without a permit. The building contained 12 apartments where 77 Palestinians lived, including 21 minors. The demolition left all of them without shelter.During the operation, the forces blocked roads and threw stun grenades at Palestinians who approached. Soon after the forces arrived to clear the apartments, one of the inhabitants resisted and confronted them. He was later assaulted by the municipal workers.As part of its efforts to expel Palestinians and carry out ethnic cleansing, Israel enforces a policy that disrupts every aspect of life for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem and is designed to push them out of their homes and city. This policy includes denying permits to build in accordance with the residents’ needs and carrying out home demolitions.

23 November 2025 Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar

Israel demolished an agricultural shed in Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar

On Sunday, 23 November 2025, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a digger at Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished a shack used as a barn and a shed for agricultural equipment.

21 November 2025 a-Nabi Musa

Israel demolished two homes and two sheepfolds in the village of a-Nabi Musa, leaving two Palestinian families homeless

ביום שישי, 21.11.25, הגיעו אנשי המנהל האזרחי, מלווים בחיילים, לכפר א-נבי מוסא שבמחוז יריחו והרסו בית מעץ של משפחה בת 9 נפשות ושני צריפי מגורים ושני דירי צאן של משפחה בת 11 נפשות והותירו 20 נפשות, בהן 8 קטינים, ללא קורת גג.

19 November 2025 Frush Beit Dajan

Israel demolished a seasonal home in the village of Furush Beit Dajan

On Wednesday, 19 November 2025, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a bulldozer, at the village of Furush Beit Dajan. The forces demolished a seasonal home owned by a family of seven, including two minors.

15 November 2025 Kh. al-Malih (Hamamat al-Malih)

Israel destroyed a sheepfold in the community of Khirbet (Hamamat) al-Maleh

On Saturday, 15 November 2025, at around 9:00 P.M., about five soldiers arrived on foot from a nearby military camp, to the community of Khirbet al-Maleh (Hamamat al-Maleh) in the northern Jordan Valley. They destroyed an empty sheepfold whose owners had been expelled from the community through settler violence on 20 August 2025.

4 November 2025 Kh. Humsah al-Foqa

Israel demolished the unoccupied homes of two Palestinian families that had been forced out

On Tuesday morning, 4 November 2025, staff from the “Jordan Valley” Settlement Council, arrived with a military escort and diggers at the community of Khirbet Humsah al-Foqa, in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished three unoccupied residential tents, two tents used as sheep pens, and three water tanks owned by two families, who own additional homes in the village of Furush Beit Dajan.

4 November 2025 Jericho

Israel demolished a vacation home in the Sama Ariha area of eastern Jericho On Tuesday, 4 November 2025, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a digger at the Sama Ariha area in eastern Jericho and demoli

On Tuesday, 4 November 2025, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a digger at the Sama Ariha area in eastern Jericho and demolished a vacation home, a swimming pool, and six water tanks owned by an East Jerusalem resident.

28 October 2025 Um al-Kheir

Um al-Kheir, Hebron District: Israel issued 13 demolition orders in the community

On Tuesday, 28 October 2025, at around 12:00 P.M., a Civil Administration enforcement officer, escorted by five soldiers, arrived at the community of Um al-Kheir in the South Hebron Hills and delivered 14 demolition orders, 13 of them for structures built on or next to the ruins of ones demolished by the Civil Administration in 2014 and 2016. The targeted structures include a house, four residential tents, two kitchen tents, two caravans, one residential and one used for storage and as a guesthouse during the summer, a sheep pen and an outhouse.

10 October 2025 Frush Beit Dajan

Israel forced a family in the village of Furush Beit Dajan to demolish their home and demolished the home of another family

On Monday, 10 October 2025, a family of three, including a minor, was forced to demolish their home and tin livestock enclosure in the village of Furush Beit Dajan, and relocate to another home they own in the village of Beit Dajan, about five kilometers away, following a demolition order issued by the Civil Administration.On Saturday, 27 October 2025, Civil Administration personnel arrived in the village of Furush Beit Dajan with a military escort and two diggers and demolished a house and a sheepfold owned by another family.

18 September 2025 Frush Beit Dajan

Israel demolished homes and agricultural structures in the village of Furush Beit Dajan in the Jordan Valley, leaving a family of nine homeless

On Thursday, 18 September 2025, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort, a bulldozer and an excavator at the village of Furush Beit Dajan in the Jordan Valley. The Israeli forces demolished the home of a family of nine, including one minor, and destroyed two water tanks. The forces also destroyed a seasonal residence belonging to a family of five, including three minors, and an agricultural building owned by a family of six, including a minor.