2020
Punitive house demolitions
| No. of apts. demolished by official order | No. of nearby apts. rendered uninhabitable | People left homeless | Minors left homeless | |
|
Jan.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Feb. | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| March | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sept. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov. | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Dec. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 22 | 7 |
* In addition, in October 2020, Security forces sealed one room in a home in the town of Ya'bad.
2019
Punitive house demolitions
| No. of apts. demolished by official order | No. of nearby apts. rendered uninhabitable | People left homeless | Minors left homeless | |
|
Jan.
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
| Feb. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sept. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov. | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| Dec. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Total
|
14 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
2018
Punitive house demolitions
| No. of apts. demolished by official order | No. of nearby apts. rendered uninhabitable | People left homeless | Minors left homeless | |
|
Jan.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Feb. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Sept. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec, | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
|
Total
|
9 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
* In addition, in March 2018, Security forces sealed one room in a home in the town of Qabatiyah.
2017
Punitive house demolitions
| No. of apts. demolished by official order | No. of nearby apts. rendered uninhabitable | People left homeless | Minors left homeless | |
|
Jan.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
| Feb. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 4 | 0 | 18 | 7 |
| Sept. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov. | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 |
| Dec. | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
|
Total
|
7 | 0 | 36 | 19 |
* In addition, in August 2017, Security forces demolished one room in an apartment in the village of Kobar.
2016
Punitive house demolitions
| No. of apts. demolished by official order | No. of nearby apts. rendered uninhabitable | People left homeless | Minors left homeless | |
|
Jan.
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
3
|
|
Feb.
|
3
|
0
|
18
|
10 |
|
March
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
|
April
|
4 | 2 | 31 | 13 |
|
May
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
June
|
3 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
|
July
|
3 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
|
Aug.
|
5 | 0 | 22 | 11 |
|
Sept.
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Oct.
|
1 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
|
Nov.
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Dec.
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Total
|
23
|
2
|
118
|
47
|
Punitive house sealings
| No. of apts. sealed by official order | People left homeless | Minors left homeless | |
|
Jan.
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
|
Feb.
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
|
March
|
1
|
6
|
2 |
|
April
|
1 | 2 | 0 |
|
May
|
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
June
|
0 | 0 | 0 |
|
July
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aug.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sept.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Oct.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nov.
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
|
Dec.
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
|
Total
|
5
|
20
|
7
|
2015
Punitive house demolitions
| No. of apts. demolished by official order | No. of nearby apts. rendered uninhabitable | People left homeless | Minors left homeless
|
|
|
Jan.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Feb.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
March
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
April
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
May
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
June
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
July
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
|
Aug.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sept.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Oct.*
|
3
|
4
|
9
|
5
|
|
Nov.
|
5
|
1
|
25
|
9
|
|
Dec.
|
3
|
4
|
14
|
8
|
|
Total
|
12
|
9
|
54
|
23
|
* In addition, in November, security forces sealed a room in an apartment in East Jerusalem.
In the summer of 2014, after three yeshiva students were abducted at the Gush Etzion junction and then killed, the security establishment resumed punitive house demolitions. In all instances in which the security establishment sealed or demolished homes after it adopted the Shani Committee recommendations, no explanation was given for disregarding the recommendations.
2014
|
|
Number of Houses Demolished |
People left homeless | Minors left homeless |
|
Jan.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Feb.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
March
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
April
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
May
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
June
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
July
|
1
|
8
|
4
|
|
Aug.
|
3
|
15
|
9
|
|
Sept.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Oct.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nov.
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
|
Dec.
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
5
|
29
|
16
|
On 17 February 2005, the minister of defense announced that the procedure would no longer be used.
Despite this decision, in 2009, Israel demolished one housing unit in East Jerusalem and sealed two: In January 2009, two housing units were sealed in East Jerusalem, as a result of which 24 persons lost their home. In April 2009, one housing unit was demolished in East Jerusalem, and four people lost their home.
Between October 2001 (when Israel began once again to demolish homes as a means of punishment in the Occupied Territories, after four years in which it had not used this measure) and the end of 2004 (no houses were demolished in Jan. 2005), Israel demolished 664 houses as punishment:
|
2004
|
Number of Houses Demolished
|
People left homeless |
|
Jan.
|
17
|
65
|
|
Feb.
|
28
|
132
|
|
March
|
18
|
91
|
|
April
|
21
|
121
|
|
May
|
8
|
46
|
|
June
|
12
|
66
|
|
July
|
16
|
97
|
|
Aug.
|
6
|
34
|
|
Sept.
|
15
|
51
|
|
Oct.
|
11
|
83
|
|
Nov.
|
14
|
71
|
|
Dec.
|
11
|
52
|
|
Total
|
177
|
909
|
|
2003 |
Number of Houses Demolished |
People left homeless |
|
Jan. |
32 |
496 |
|
Feb. |
24 |
159 |
|
March |
30 |
252 |
|
April |
17 |
139 |
|
May |
35 |
194 |
|
June |
13 |
120 |
|
July |
3 |
19 |
|
Aug. |
16 |
142 |
|
Sept. |
27 |
127 |
|
Oct. |
6 |
43 |
|
Nov. |
11 |
34 |
|
Dec. |
11 |
80 |
|
Total
|
225 |
1,805 |
|
2002
|
Number of Houses Demolished
|
People left homeless |
|
Jan.
|
2
|
18
|
|
Feb.
|
1*
|
8
|
|
March
|
3
|
14
|
|
April
|
0
|
0
|
|
May
|
9
|
45
|
|
June
|
7
|
34
|
|
July
|
16
|
80
|
|
Aug.
|
56
|
327
|
|
Sept.
|
17
|
74
|
|
Oct.
|
36
|
158
|
|
Nov.
|
47
|
318
|
|
Dec.
|
58
|
326
|
|
Total
|
252
|
1,402
|
|
2001
|
Number of Houses Demolished
|
People left homeless |
|
Jan.
|
0
|
0
|
|
Feb.
|
0
|
0
|
|
March
|
0
|
0
|
|
April
|
0
|
0
|
|
May
|
0
|
0
|
|
June
|
0
|
0
|
|
July
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aug.
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sept.
|
0
|
0
|
|
Oct.
|
5
|
51
|
|
Nov.
|
2
|
5
|
|
Dec.
|
3
|
10
|
|
Total
|
10
|
66
|
In addition, the IDF partially demolished two homes (one in December 2001 and one in July 2002), and sealed three houses (in January 2003). In February 2002, the IDF began demolishing another home during the arrest of a suspect, and the demolition was completed after the individual left the house, apparently as a punitive measure.
Note:
In some cases, the army demolished houses immediately after operations to arrest wanted persons. For example, in Feb. 2002, the army began to demolish a house in the course of arresting a wanted person. Although the person left the house, the army completed the demolition. Such instances raise the suspicion that the demolition was a punitive measure, as opposed to the army's contention that it was necessary in order to effect the arrest operation. However, since the house was not demolished pursuant to a military order, these houses appear in the category of “demolition on pretext of military need”.
