One Year Report on Demolitions and Seizures in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem
In 2024, demolitions continued following a sharp escalation after 7 October 2023. Military operations expanded in refugee camps, self-demolitions increased in East Jerusalem, and settler violence reached 1,449 documented incidents (131 attacks resulting in casualties, 1183 in property damage and 135 both casualties and property damage). Israeli authorities demolished, seized or sealed or forced people to demolish 1,768 Palestinian structures, including residential, livelihood-related, and service-related or part of infrastructure; these include lack-of-permit demolitions, punitive and other demolitions, and demolitions carried out within the context of operations by Israeli forces. 4,265 Palestinians were displaced and 165,000 individuals were affected across the occupied territory. These factors combined to make 2024 the most severe year for demolitions and displacement since systematic monitoring began in 2009.
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