Demolitions and confiscations in communities facing expulsion

3 September 2024 Kh. Wadi Tiran

Israel destroys water cistern at Kh. a-Tiran community

On Tuesday, 3 September 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort at the Palestinian community of Kh. a-Tiran in the South Hebron Hills and destroyed a water cistern.

19 August 2024 Frush Beit Dajan

Israel demolishes farming structures in Furush Beit Dajan, Jordan Valley

On Monday, 19 August 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and two diggers at a farming area in the Palestinian village of Furush Beit Dajan. The forces demolished a structure originally built for residential use in 1983, but currently used as a break room for farmers, as well as two storage sheds.

18 August 2024 Badu al-Mu’arrajat east (Mleihat)

Residents of al-Mu’arrajat East (Mleihat) demolish storage room on orders of the Civil Administration

On Sunday, 18 August 2024, members of the Palestinian community of Badu a-Mu’arrajat East (Mleihat) demolished a structure donated by a humanitarian organization that they had used to store batteries and other equipment related to the community’s solar system. The demolition was carried out following a stop work order the Civil Administration delivered to the residents on 5 May 2024.

14 August 2024 Um al-Kheir

Israel demolishes family's home again, leaving 17 homeless

On Wednesday morning, 14 August 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort at the community of Khirbet Um al-Kheir in the South Hebron Hills. The force demolished two trailers and four tents that were home to 17 people, 11 of them minors, leaving the family homeless. The trailers and tents were installed after Israel demolished the family's home on 26 June 2024.

12 August 2024 Kh. Um al-Jamal

Another community expelled: Settler violence drives out 12 families, leaving one, in Khirbet Um al-Jamal, northern Jordan Valley

On Monday, 12 August 2024, a day after Palestinians shot and killed Yonatan Deutsch, an Israeli from Beit She’an, at the Mehola Junction in the Jordan Valley, settlers set up tents about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the homes of Um al-Jamal, a community in the northern Jordan Valley. Since then, settlers have roamed among the homes, threatening to destroy them.The community was home to 13 families – 78 people, 43 of them minors. Eight of these families, totaling 48 people, 23 of them minors, moved to Tubas in early July, planning to stay there through August, as they do every year during the hot summer months. This year, however, seven of the families decided not to return in September. They dismantled their tents on 17 August and left.On 16 August, five other families, totaling 30 people, 20 of them minors, dismantled their tents and left.As of 22 August, only one family remains on site – nine people, two of them minors, with five tents. Nine permanent structures, donated to the community by an aid organization, are also still standing.

7 August 2024 Birin

Israel demolishes five residential tents in Birin, South Hebron Hills, leaving 24 people homeless

On Wednesday morning, 7 August 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a Border Police escort and two diggers at the community of Birin, northeast of the town of Yatta. The forces demolished and confiscated the residential tents of four families numbering 30 people in total, including 15 minors. Three of the families, numbering 24 people in total, including 13 minors, were left homeless. The forces also demolished and confiscated another unoccupied tent belonging to another family.

5 August 2024 al-Jawaya

Israel destroys water cistern in al-Jawaya community

On Monday, 5 August 2024, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and two diggers at the Palestinian community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills and destroyed a water cistern used for domestic purposes and irrigation.