October 2025 Demolition Update

New data reveals an escalating pattern of displacement and violence in the occupied West Bank, with Israeli forces conducting 445 demolition operations year-to-date, displacing 1,770 Palestinians and destroying 1,409 structures. The daily reality—averaging 6.87 people displaced and 4.85 structures demolished—reflects zionism's systematic policies of territorial control through bureaucratic violence and collective erasure.

Every action, no matter how small it feels, is important

The way forward can feel uncertain and even scary, particularly when the stakes are so high. But we cannot give up, as people in Gaza and the rest of Palestine have also refused to give up.

Gaza Sumud Flotilla inspires hope

Last night, Israel intercepted the Gaza Sumud Flotilla—the largest flotilla ever to attempt breaking the nearly two-decade siege, with 41 boats supported by solidarity teams worldwide. Despite Israel seizing all vessels, at least one ship successfully broke through the naval blockade into Gaza's territorial waters, revealing another crack in the colony's claim to impenetrability.

Israel heightens Genocide: Scholars estimate 680,000 killed in Gaza

Israeli forces killed 416 Palestinians between September 10 and 17, bringing total fatalities since October 2023 to 65,062, with 165,697 injured—figures universally recognized as undercounts, with some scholars estimating closer to 680,000 deaths—while damaging 11 UNRWA shelters and forcing 125,600 people to flee in just one week.

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Israel displaces 1,527 Palestinians across West Bank and East Jerusalem

Israeli forces have displaced 1,527 Palestinians and demolished 1,164 structures across the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the first eight months of 2025, maintaining a relentless pace of dispossession that targets homes, schools, and water infrastructure. From forced self-demolitions in Silwan where families must pay to destroy their own homes, to the destruction of agricultural facilities and animal shelters in Bedouin communities, the data reveals how bureaucratic violence and permit denials function as tools of ethnic cleansing. With 84 schools facing demolition orders and 73 communities lacking water networks, Israel's systematic erasure of Palestinian life continues to clear ground for exclusive Jewish settlement expansion.

Killings, demolitions continue across West Bank

The pace of demolitions in 2025 remains higher than historical averages, despite the relative downward trend in recent months. With 333 operations displacing 1,419 people in just 210 days, projections indicate 579 total incidents affecting 2,466 people by year's end. This would make 2025 the second-worst year since 2009, surpassed only by 4,293 displacements in 2024.

Ceasefire or not, we need to support Palestinians materially

Under Israeli rule, genocide and death are not going anywhere. Even if Israel’s bombardment stopped right now, the destruction the state and its forces have carried out across all forms of life-sustaining infrastructure in Gaza is enough to sustain a serious toll of death and injury.

Demolitions quadruple across West Bank & East Jerusalem

Demolitions have almost doubled since 2023 and have quadrupled from 2020. From January 1, 2024, Israel has carried out 549 military operations across East Jerusalem and the West Bank alone, destroying 1,766 structures and displacing 4,275 people from their homes and lands.

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Will the P.A. finally fall? Anti-zionist discourse and more!

In this update you'll find critical analysis on the role of the Palestinian Authority, anti-zionist praxis and more.

A better future awaits

Never let anyone dismiss your hope as foolish. Refuse to let doubt eclipse the promise of freedom and justice rising steadily on the horizon.

A message of hope

Never let anyone convince your hope is naivety. Don't let cynacism blind you from the future of justice and liberation that is rising on the horizon.

Israel's processes of indigenous erasure advances across West Bank

Like ceasefires in years past, only those built on a long-term political agreement tend to last.

Israel moves to eliminate northern Gaza

At least 770 Palestinians have been confirmed killed and 1,000 people wounded during the last 19 days of Israel’s eliminatory assault on the north — and these numbers only include people who made it to the hospital to be identified and included in the count. According to a statement by the Government Media Office in Gaza, at least 200 people have been abducted from northern Gaza in the last few weeks, dozens are missing, and at least 100,000 people are wounded, sick, or otherwise in urgent need of care.

Despite US elections, Harris, Democrats green-light genocide

The Biden administration and the heir to the Democratic machine, Kamala Harris, have increased material support for genocide.

Deplatformed

Settler organizations here have long targeted the Good Shepherd Collective because of our call to restrict their charitable fund in the United States.

August Demolition Report-2023

An update on the ongoing demolitions and forced displacements in Palestine, highlighting the impact on Palestinian communities and the role of Israeli state forces and settlers.