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Egyptian Firms Survey Rafah Ruins for `Green Rafah` Housing Plan
By :Occupation Watch
22 October 2026
Egyptian Firms Surveyed Rafah Ruins Under Israeli Military Escort for `Green Rafah` Housing Plan, Sources Say Two Egyptian sources describe engineers mapping a reconstruction zone in Israeli-controlled Rafah meant to eventually house 20,000 Palestinians under Shin Bet vetting and Egyptian contracting control.     Egyptian engineers walked the rubble of eastern Rafah this year
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West Bank/Gaza: Humanitarian Situation Report
By :OCHA
07 August 2026
Highlights   In the West Bank, demolitions displaced 22 people and affected over 100 others in one week. Since 2024, the monthly average of structures demolished in Area C and East Jerusalem has been at least twice the average recorded over the preceding 15 years.   Demolition proceedings affecting four schools in Area C,
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For Gaza’s Palestinians, Israel’s ever expanding ‘buffer zone’ means endless displacement
By :Ahmed Alsammak and Ibtisam Mahdi, MEE
15 June 2026
For Gaza’s Palestinians, Israel’s ever expanding ‘buffer zone’ means endless displacement Many residents of the besieged territory have been displaced multiple times during Israel’s genocide   Jamal Abu Sukran, aged 32, and his three children have had little time to catch their breaths and thoughts following their latest displacement.   Their 25th displacement since the start
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Gazan Fishermen Shouldn’t Have to Be So Resilient
By :Ebrahim Hajjaj, writing by Emily Giles, editing by Andrew Heavens and Louise Heavens, Reuters
05 June 2026
Gazan fishermen patch up dinghies with door frames to keep themselves afloat   GAZA—In a Gaza workshop, a group of men patch up pleasure dinghies with reclaimed Fiberglas, wood ​and door frames pulled from the rubble, racing to get the boats ready for a ‌tougher line of work.   The small vessels, which were
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Israeli Obliteration = Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond
By :Dr. Dan Steinbock, The Guardian
02 May 2026
Obliteration Ecocide from Gaza to Lebanon and Beyond Lebanon accuses Israel of committing ecocide in country since 2023. It is an extension of Israel’s destruction of Gaza – and its obliteration doctrine.     Israeli military aggression has “reshaped both the physical and ecological landscape” of southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese report (which
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Gaza Recovery and Reconstruction: WB, EU & UN Estimate Costs @ $71.4 Billion
By :Press and information team - Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA)
21 April 2026
Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment estimates $71.4 billion for recovery and reconstruction   In a detailed report rich in passive voice description of loss and damage incurred through Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, a new World Bank-EU-UN recovery and reconstruction prospectus does not mention liability or reparations. Israel’s genocide, Hamas
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Israel Razing Entire Cities in Lebanon
By :Sprinter Press Agency
20 April 2026
The current situation in the almost completely destroyed by Israel city of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, where about 30,000 people still lived at the beginning of the year.   Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, where about 30,000 people still lived at the beginning of the year. The videos below show the city
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Lebanon: IDF-imposed “Yellow Forward Defence Line”
By :Jordi Bou, Graphic News
20 April 2026
IDF reveals forward defence line in southern Lebanon The Israeli military has released a map of a new deployment line in southern Lebanon, bringing dozens of villages into its control zone just days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect.     In its statement, the Israeli military referred for the first time to
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Lebanon: Israel Has Destroyed 40K Homes
By :Lili Gerjes, en Nahhar
16 April 2026
Lebanon faces unprecedented surge in housing destruction amid intensifying 2026 conflict A new national report reveals tens of thousands of homes damaged across Lebanon amid rapidly intensifying conflict, raising urgent questions over reconstruction, funding, and the country’s economic future.     The National Council for Scientific Research described the rising destruction in Lebanon as
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Humanitarian Shelter and Displacement Report
By :OCHA
10 April 2026
Humanitarian Situation Report | 10 April 2026 Summary  In the northern West Bank, Israeli forces extended for two months a military order that further prolongs the displacement from three refugee camps of over 33,000 people since January 2025.   Another 5,700 Palestinians have been displaced because of settler attacks and access restrictions since January
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Documents (31)

Document Title

Publication Date

Validation Meeting on the CCIAJT Application Findings

21 May 2025

Climate Finance in Morocco (matrix)

23 April 2025

Yenişehir Housing Project for Earthquake Survivors

15 February 2023

Israeli Apartheid: Tool of Zionist Settler Colonialism

27 December 2022

Housing and Property Restitution in Middle East and North Africa

30 November 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (أسئلة أستراتيجية)

21 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (العدالة)

20 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية" (المقدمة)

18 September 2022

الإنتقال من العمل الخيري والإغاثة إلى التنمية (مبادرة الاراضي العربية)

18 September 2022

Human Rights Related to Habitat (Land, Housing, Population Transfer, Natural Resources) in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara

16 March 2022

تقرير جديد: الأرض وسط الجائحة

11 December 2020

"A Pandemic of Violations"

05 October 2020

Commission of Inquiry into Post-election Violence

05 December 2018

الحق في المدينة في بيروت الكبرى: تقييم السياق في ضوء أزمة اللاجئين والنازحين

23 April 2018

Human Rights Habitat Observatory

10 July 2017

“Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut

24 May 2017

Report of fourth “Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut May 2017

05 May 2017

برنامج ورشة العمل الأولى لمشروع الملجأ في المدينة،بيروت

21 December 2016

ملاحظات تمهيدية، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

الحكومات المحلية والمجتمعات المستضيفة تجاه أزمة اللاجئين، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

نماذج عملية للحق في المدينة، الملجأ في المدينة، بيروت

21 December 2016

The Role of Local Government in Addressing the Impact of Syrian Refugees: Jordan Case Study

03 June 2016

Sanctuary in the City: Beirut

01 June 2016

HIC Comments on Habitat III Issue Papers

31 July 2015

العراق: قانون هيئة دعاوي الملكية

09 March 2010

المبادئ الأساسية والمبادئ التوجيهية المتعلقة بعمليات الإخلاء والترحيل بدافع التنمية

05 February 2007

Principes de base et directives concernant les expulsions et les déplacements liés au développement, A/HRC/4/18

05 February 2007

Housing and property restitution in the context of the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, E/CN.4/Sub.2/2005/17

28 June 2005

S/RES/520 (1982)

17 September 1982

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

Right to the City in Greater Beirut p

01 January 1970

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