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Statistics on houses demolished for alleged military purposes

2008

Month
The West Bank
The Gaza Strip
Total
People left homeless
Minors left homeless
Jan.
5
8
13
48
19
Feb.
0
0
0 0 0
March
3
8
11 59 32
April
0
0
0 0 0
May
0
7
7 22 11
June until 30.6
2
4
6
12
5
Total
10
27
37
141
67

 

2007

Month
The West Bank
The Gaza Strip
Total
People left homeless
Jan.
0
0
0
0
Feb.
0
0
0 0
March
0
0
0 0
April
5
0
5 23
May
2
0
2 8
June
0
0
0
0
July
1
0
1
9
Aug.
7
0
7
48
Sept.
10
7
17
51
Oct.
3
1
4
7
Nov.
2
0
2
12
Dec. until 15 Dec.
0
5
5
24
Total
30
13
43
182

 

2006

Month
The West Bank
The Gaza Strip
Total
People left homeless
Jan.
2
0
2
0
Feb.
2
0
0 0
March
0
0
0 0
April
0
0
0 0
May
0
0
0 0
June
0
0
0 0
July
2
76
78 506
August
27
85
85 475
Sept.
0
44
44 318
Oct.
0
40
40
228
Nov.
9
60
69
443
Dec.
0
0
0
0
Total
39
316
318
2,150

 

2005

Month
The West Bank
The Gaza Strip
Total
People left homeless
Jan.
6
3
9
38
Feb.
0
0
0
0
March
1
0
1
10
April
0
0
0
0
May
0
0
0
0
June
0
0
0
0
July
1
0
1
4
August
0
1
1
3
Sept.
0
1
1
0
Oct.
4
0
4
13
Nov.
0
0
0
0
Dec.
0
0
0
0
Total
12
5
17
68

 

2004

Month
The West Bank
The Gaza Strip
Total
People left homeless
Jan.
0
69
69
504
Feb.
13
5
18
72
March
0
36
36
214
April
0
80
80
957
May
1
510
511
3,557
June
0
40
40
273
July
0
150
150
1,437
August
0
89
89
732
Sept.
5
106
111
794
Oct.
0
184
184
1,355
Nov.
4
38
42
318
Dec.
3
71
74
491
Total
26
1,378
1,404
10,704

Note: B'Tselem only has statistics on house demolitions for alleged military purposes starting from 2004. A number of international bodies have presented estimates of house demolitions in Gaza for the entire intifada. According to a report presented to the Commission on Human Rights by its special rapporteur, Professor John Dugard, from September 2000 to February 2004, Israel destroyed 1,640 housing units, in which some 15,000 people lived. According to figures of UNRWA, from the beginning of the intifada to September 2004, Israel destroyed some 2,370 housing units in the Gaza Strip, leaving approximately 22,800 people homeless.

 
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