January 16 demolitions this month

1 Beit Hanina 1 Structures destroyed 1 12 People displaced or affected 12

A Palestinian family was forced to self-demolish their home, which had been under construction in Beit Hanina, for lacking an Israeli building permit. The family said they began building the home in late December 2015, spending around $5,000 on construction materials to get started. Almost immediately, they received a demolition order. In order to avoid the high costs associated with having municipal authorities demolish their home, they opted for self-demolition instead, taking it apart brick by brick.

2 Jabal Mukaber 1 Structures destroyed 2 8 People displaced or affected 20

Israeli forces used sledgehammers to smash the walls of Mohammed Allyan's home, the middle storey of a three-storey building. The demolition was punitive: Mohammed's son, Bahaa, was accused in a deadly shooting and stabbing attack in the East Talpiot Jewish settlement in October 2015. Bahaa was killed at the scene of the attack and the demolition order was swiftly issued. Although the family had appealed to Israel's Supreme Court, the order was upheld. Eight members of the family were displaced, forced to erect a tent by the ruins of their old home.

Mohammed Allyan describes his family's loss

3 Jabal Mukaber 1 Structures destroyed 3 5 People displaced or affected 25

Israeli forces punitively sealed with concrete the family home of Alaa Abu Jamal, who was involved in an October 2015 attack on Israeli citizens. Abu Jamal was killed at the scene of the attack. Five family members who lived in the home, including three children, were displaced by the sealing, which affected the first floor of a three-storey building, built in 1990. This was the third time that properties belonging to Abu Jamal's family have been punitively demolished or sealed off.

4 Jabal Mukaber 1 Structures destroyed 4 6 People displaced or affected 31

A Palestinian family was forced to self-demolish their horse stable for lacking an Israeli building permit. The wooden stable was built in 2013 to provide shelter for two horses. According to the family, Israeli authorities visited the property in December 2015, confiscated one of the horses and ordered the stable demolished.

5 Silwan 1 Structures destroyed 5 6 People displaced or affected 37

Israeli authorities demolished a home that was under construction because the family did not have a building permit. The family began building the concrete-and-stone home in April 2015 and received the demolition order a few months later. In addition to destroying the home, Israeli forces bulldozed an olive field and damaged several olive trees while carving out a path to the house. The home, which had been just two months away from completion, was intended to house the family's next generation.

6 Silwan 1 Structures destroyed 6 3 People displaced or affected 40

Israeli authorities demolished an under-construction home because it lacked a building permit. The affected family said they began building the home in November 2015 and quickly received a stop-work order. In late December, the family appealed against the order and received a one-month injunction; but in carrying out the demolition just a week later, Israeli authorities alleged that the family had violated the conditions of the injunction by altering the "status quo" of the home. A mother and her two children had planned to move into the home, but instead, they had to continue living with their grandmother.

7 Beit Safafa 1 Structures destroyed 7 9 People displaced or affected 49

Part of a restaurant belonging to a Palestinian family was demolished by Israeli forces because it lacked a building permit. The demolished portion, an 80sq-metre extension to an older structure built in 1998, comprised the restaurant hall, which cost the family approximately $90,000 to build. Its demolition rendered the restaurant temporarily non-functional. The family says they never received a demolition order.

8 Silwan 1 Structures destroyed 8 4 People displaced or affected 53

A Palestinian family was forced to self-demolish a shelter for goats because it lacked a building permit. The shelter, made of zinc and bricks, was built in June 2015, and a demolition order was issued the following November. The family opted to self-demolish the shelter to avoid other penalties, including a $10,000 fine and possible prison time. After the demolition, they were forced to sell the goats, causing them to lose a significant source of their limited income.

9 Beit Hanina 2 Structures destroyed 10 6 People displaced or affected 59

Israeli forces demolished an under-construction home and an exterior wall because the family lacked building permits. The family said they began building the home in November 2015 but never received a demolition order. The bulldozer that came to raze the home also damaged the main gate to the land on which it was located. Hana, the mother of the affected family, said the home was intended for her daughter and four grandchildren to move into.

10 Silwan 1 Structures destroyed 11 8 People displaced or affected 67

A foundation for two apartments was destroyed because it lacked a building permit. The affected family - which had already been paying hefty fines for living in their existing home, which was unlicensed - said they spent around $47,000 on construction. They said they never received a stop-work order prior to the demolition.

11 At-Tur 1 Structures destroyed 12 15 People displaced or affected 82

A Palestinian family was forced to demolish a three-unit building housing 15 people, including nine children, because it lacked a building permit. Israeli authorities issued a demolition order against the building in 2007, but the family spent years fighting it in court. After the demolition, the three displaced households moved into rented homes.

12 Sur Bahir 1 Structures destroyed 13 1 People displaced or affected 83

A family was forced to self-demolish their home extension because they did not have a building permit. The 50sq-metre extension, which comprised a bedroom and a bathroom, was built in the late 1990s and housed one family member.

13 Jabal Mukaber 2 Structures destroyed 15 8 People displaced or affected 91

Israeli forces demolished an under-construction house and a retaining wall due to a lack of building permits. One household, including six children, was affected by the demolition of the home, which they had planned to move into a few months later.

14 Beit Hanina 1 Structures destroyed 16 24 People displaced or affected 115