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HD Hyundai Co. (formerly Hyundai Heavy Industries Group) is a South Korean conglomerate engaged in a diverse range of businesses, including shipbuilding, heavy equipment, machinery, and energy.
The Group subsidiaries, Hyundai Construction Equipment and HD Hyundai Infracore Co. (formerly known as Doosan Infracore), manufacture construction equipment and industrial vehicles, including excavators, wheel loaders, forklifts and skid steer loaders.
HD Hyundai equipment has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian homes carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Additionally, the company's equipment has been previously documented in the construction of settlements, the Separation Wall, and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank.
In addition, through its subsidiary, HD Hyundai Infracore, the company acquired Doosan heavy machinery division in 2021. Doosan construction equipment has recently been documented in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
Hyundai excavators are used for extensive demolitions inside the Gaza Strip carried out by the Israeli military, following its ground invasion in October 2023. Hyundai excavators have been used for demolitions in Gaza by the Israeli military Unit 2640, also known as Uriah Force, operating under the Gaza Division.
In April 2025, Hyundai excavators were documented in demolitions by the unit in Rafah. Since May 2024, Israel has carried out extensive destruction in the city of Rafah, with almost complete erasure of most of its homes, shops, streets, factories, healthcare facilities, and electricity and water systems.
In a video posted in January 2025 by soldiers serving in the unit, Hyundai excavators were documented in massive demolitions carried out inside the Gaza Strip.
House Demolitions
HD Hyundai heavy machinery has been widely used for demolitions of Palestinian houses and agricultural and water structures carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in many cases resulting in the forced displacement of Palestinians from these areas.
In March 2025, Amnesty International Korea identified 59 Palestinian-owned homes, businesses and other structures that were demolished between September 2019 and February 2025 using HD Hyundai machinery. These demolitions resulted in the forced displacement of approximately 250 Palestinians and damaged the livelihoods of hundreds of others.
Hyundai machinery has also been documented used in expansion works on the barrier in the Syria-Israel border area in the occupied Syrian Golan.
On July 8, 2025, a Hyundai bulldozer was used to demolish a residential building in the Al Salam neighborhood of the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
On May 29, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used to demolish a Palestinian house in the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
On May 5, 2025, a Hyundai excavator and bulldozer were used by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) to demolish 10 homes, leaving 49 people, including 27 minors, without shelter in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills. In addition, the Israeli forces demolished 11 sanitation structures, two kitchen structures, 11 water tanks, five water cisterns, three structures used as sheep pens (including a cave), a hospitality hall, an electricity room, a solar power network and water infrastructure. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli authorities demolished more than 85 per cent of homes and other structures in the community that day, leaving it without access to water or electricity. The Masafer Yatta area in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank consists of about 12 Palestinian villages that are under imminent threat of forcible displacement, following extensive demolitions of their homes and agricultural infrastructure carried out by the Israeli military throughout the area.
On February 10, 2025, Hyundai excavators were used by the ICA for demolitions in three communities in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. These included the demolition of seven cinder-block structures with tin roofs that were home to seven families, leaving 54 people, including 28 minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. In addition, the ICA also destroyed four caves, two water cisterns, two water tanks, three solar panels and a stone fence used by some of the families. In addition, the excavators were used to demolish an agricultural structure in the community of Maghayir al ‘Abid, and two more cinder-block structures that housed two families, leaving 20 people, including seven minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Jinbeh.
On February 25, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA to demolish Palestinian houses in the village of Majdal Bani Fadil area in the occupied West Bank.
On December 9, 2024, at least two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition by the Israeli military of two houses in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On November 13, 2024, Hyundai bulldozers were used by the Israeli military to demolish two Palestinian homes in which ten Palestinians lived in the village of Burqin in the occupied West Bank.
On September 10, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used in house demolitions in the Palestinian village of Aghziwa in the occupied West Bank.
On September 9, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On August 20, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used to demolish a house in the Palestinian village of al Dayr in the occupied West Bank.
On July 25, 2024, Hyundai excavator was used by Israeli authorities to demolish the house of Abdul Karim Zaloum in the Haska neighborhood north of the city of Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On July 22, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On July 6, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On July 4, 2024, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA and Israeli military personnel to demolish six homes and a livestock pen in the community of Birin, South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces demolished the homes of six families, numbering a total of 33 people, including 17 minors.
On May 7, 2024, a Hyundai digger was used by the ICA and military personnel to demolish the home of a family of eight, including four minors, leaving them homeless in the community of a-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills area.
On May 1st and 2nd, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On February 20, 2024, Hyundai excavators were used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem.
On February 13, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Jerusalem Municipality personnel, accompanied by soldiers, to demolish two Palestinian homes in the Ein Juweiza neighborhood in the village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli authorities demolished two homes, leaving a family of four, including two minors, homeless.
On January 3, 2024, two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition of three Palestinian homes in al-Walaja
On December 27, 2023, Hyundai excavator was used in the demolition of a home by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), leaving a family of eight, including four minors, homeless, in the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On July 12, 2023, Hyundai bulldozer was used for the destruction of a water cistern by the ICA in the village of al-Baq’ah, Hebron District, occupied West Bank. The water cistern was used by six families, numbering a total of 30 people for domestic consumption and irrigation.
On July 18, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the uprooting of about 100 trees and the demolition of a fence surrounding farmland by the ICA in Khirbet Birin, northeast of the town of Yatta, the South Hebron Hills.
On March 28, 2023, a Hyundai excavator was used for the demolition of agricultural structures and water well in the town of Deir Ballut in the Salfit Governorate, occupied West Bank.
On March 2, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used in the demolition of the home of a family numbering 8 people, 6 of them minors, leaving the family homeless, in the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, occupied West Bank. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police carried out the demolition.
On February 13, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used for the demolition of two homes in the Palestinian Neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 29, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the demolition of 14 homes in Jabel Mukaber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 25, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in demolitions carried out by ICA personnel in the village of Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police and six bulldozers, demolished seven structures that served as vacation homes and belonged to seven families, numbering 43 people in total, 27 of them minors. The forces also demolished a swimming pool and three fences, damaged another fence, 13 water tanks, and a road leading to one of the structures, and uprooted trees.
On January 11, 2023, at least three Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a two-story home that was intended for a family of 11, including eight minors, in the village of al-Baq'ah in Hebron District in the occupied West Bank. The demolition was carried out by ICA personnel accompanied by military and Border Police escort.
On January 3, 2023, two Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home under construction that was intended for a family of six, four of them minors, in the village of Khirbet Ma’in, southeast of the town of Yatta in the Hebron District. The ICA personnel also destroyed a water hole already in use under the house.
In 2022, Hyundai excavators were used in at least five demolitions carried out by Israeli forces in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank, where some 1,150 Palestinians are at imminent risk of forcible displacement. The demolitions in question displaced at least 15 Palestinians, including six children. According to Amnesty International, in all these cases, Hyundai’s logo was visible on excavators, alongside EFCO’s brand sticker. These incidents include the demolition of two homes, housing at least nine people, in the village of Umm Qussa in July 2022, carried out by Israeli forces with a Hyundai HW210 wheeled excavator and an HX330AL crawler excavator; and the demolition of a home and a water cistern that provided for a family of six in the village of Khallet al-Mayah with a Hyundai HX330AL crawler excavator.
In July 2022, Hyundai excavators were documented in the demolition of Palestinian buildings in the East Jerusalem area, where 18 people, including 10 minors, resided.
On June 1st, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in house demolition in the village of a-Za’ayyem, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
On May 10, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in a demolition of a building in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, where 45 tenants lived. On February 24, 2022, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Anata, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2022, Hyundai was used by Israeli forces to demolish four water wells in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.
On January 17 and 19, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 29, 2021, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem and in Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 28, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On November 23, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a number of demolitions: in Wadi Hummus in Sur Baher neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem; in house demolitions in the villages of Khirbet Ma’in; and in demolish of a structure intended for burial in a-Deirat, in the south Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the village of al-Walaja, occupied West Bank. On November 4, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jawaya town, Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. On November 3, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jabal al-Mukabber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On October 26, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of 4 stores in Deir Qaddis village, in the occupied West Bank.
On June 6, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem.
On March 8, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the town of Bani Na’im near Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On December 24, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Isawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 22, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of Palestinian water wells near the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron occupied West Bank.
On July 27, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Sur Baher in occupied East Jerusalem.
Doosan (HD Hyundai Infracore, formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore)
Doosan's heavy machinery division was acquired by Hyundai in 2021. Doosan equipment has been used in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
In May 2025, Doosan equipment was documented in house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip, following the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza in September 2023. The equipment is used by a contracting company that performs engineering work in Gaza for the Israeli military on behalf of the Ministry of Defense.
On 1st November 2024, Doosan machinery was used in extensive house demolitions carried out by the Israeli military in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
In August 2024, a Doosan excavator was documented in use by the Israeli military 252nd Division of the Combat Engineering Corps in operational activity to expand the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip.
East Jerusalem and the West Bank
On 6 July 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 23, 2022, a Doosan bulldozer was documented in the demolition of a primary school in the Palestinian community of Khirbet a-Safai al-Foqa in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, a Doosan excavator was used by the Israeli Civil Administration in the demolition of three homes housing 13 family members, including nine children, in the village of Al Walajah in the occupied West Bank.
On October 20, 2021, Doosan equipment was documented in demolition accompanied by Israeli Police and Border Police in Hosh Abu Tayeh in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.
Construction on Occupied Land
Hyundai excavators have been documented in construction works on occupied land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
On January 31, 2024, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction work near the settlement of Shim’a in the occupied West Bank.
In November 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction works for the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network in Neve Ya’akov settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, as part of the JLR Red Line extension. The JLR network is an Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods. For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail see Who Profits’ report: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The J-Net Project.
In January 2017, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in settlement construction work near the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. Also in January 2017, Doosan bulldozers were documented in construction in the settlement of Ofra.
In 2016, Hyundai machinery was used in construction work in Pisgat Ze'ev settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Company equipment was also used in construction works in the settlement of Halamish and in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2017, company equipment was documented paving a new settler-only road in the West Bank, the Nabi Elias bypass road. Approximately 700 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in the area were slated to be uprooted for the construction of the road. For more on Nabi Elias bypass road see our previous report: Roads and Infrastructure: Nabi Elyas Bypass Road (Highway 55)
HD Hyundai Co. (formerly Hyundai Heavy Industries Group) is a South Korean conglomerate engaged in a diverse range of businesses, including shipbuilding, heavy equipment, machinery, and energy.
The Group subsidiaries, Hyundai Construction Equipment and HD Hyundai Infracore Co. (formerly known as Doosan Infracore), manufacture construction equipment and industrial vehicles, including excavators, wheel loaders, forklifts and skid steer loaders.
HD Hyundai equipment has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian homes carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Additionally, the company's equipment has been previously documented in the construction of settlements, the Separation Wall, and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank.
In addition, through its subsidiary, HD Hyundai Infracore, the company acquired Doosan heavy machinery division in 2021. Doosan construction equipment has recently been documented in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
Hyundai excavators are used for extensive demolitions inside the Gaza Strip carried out by the Israeli military, following its ground invasion in October 2023. Hyundai excavators have been used for demolitions in Gaza by the Israeli military Unit 2640, also known as Uriah Force, operating under the Gaza Division.
In April 2025, Hyundai excavators were documented in demolitions by the unit in Rafah. Since May 2024, Israel has carried out extensive destruction in the city of Rafah, with almost complete erasure of most of its homes, shops, streets, factories, healthcare facilities, and electricity and water systems.
In a video posted in January 2025 by soldiers serving in the unit, Hyundai excavators were documented in massive demolitions carried out inside the Gaza Strip.
House Demolitions
HD Hyundai heavy machinery has been widely used for demolitions of Palestinian houses and agricultural and water structures carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in many cases resulting in the forced displacement of Palestinians from these areas.
In March 2025, Amnesty International Korea identified 59 Palestinian-owned homes, businesses and other structures that were demolished between September 2019 and February 2025 using HD Hyundai machinery. These demolitions resulted in the forced displacement of approximately 250 Palestinians and damaged the livelihoods of hundreds of others.
Hyundai machinery has also been documented used in expansion works on the barrier in the Syria-Israel border area in the occupied Syrian Golan.
On July 8, 2025, a Hyundai bulldozer was used to demolish a residential building in the Al Salam neighborhood of the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
On May 29, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used to demolish a Palestinian house in the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
On May 5, 2025, a Hyundai excavator and bulldozer were used by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) to demolish 10 homes, leaving 49 people, including 27 minors, without shelter in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills. In addition, the Israeli forces demolished 11 sanitation structures, two kitchen structures, 11 water tanks, five water cisterns, three structures used as sheep pens (including a cave), a hospitality hall, an electricity room, a solar power network and water infrastructure. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli authorities demolished more than 85 per cent of homes and other structures in the community that day, leaving it without access to water or electricity. The Masafer Yatta area in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank consists of about 12 Palestinian villages that are under imminent threat of forcible displacement, following extensive demolitions of their homes and agricultural infrastructure carried out by the Israeli military throughout the area.
On February 10, 2025, Hyundai excavators were used by the ICA for demolitions in three communities in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. These included the demolition of seven cinder-block structures with tin roofs that were home to seven families, leaving 54 people, including 28 minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. In addition, the ICA also destroyed four caves, two water cisterns, two water tanks, three solar panels and a stone fence used by some of the families. In addition, the excavators were used to demolish an agricultural structure in the community of Maghayir al ‘Abid, and two more cinder-block structures that housed two families, leaving 20 people, including seven minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Jinbeh.
On February 25, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA to demolish Palestinian houses in the village of Majdal Bani Fadil area in the occupied West Bank.
On December 9, 2024, at least two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition by the Israeli military of two houses in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On November 13, 2024, Hyundai bulldozers were used by the Israeli military to demolish two Palestinian homes in which ten Palestinians lived in the village of Burqin in the occupied West Bank.
On September 10, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used in house demolitions in the Palestinian village of Aghziwa in the occupied West Bank.
On September 9, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On August 20, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used to demolish a house in the Palestinian village of al Dayr in the occupied West Bank.
On July 25, 2024, Hyundai excavator was used by Israeli authorities to demolish the house of Abdul Karim Zaloum in the Haska neighborhood north of the city of Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On July 22, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On July 6, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On July 4, 2024, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA and Israeli military personnel to demolish six homes and a livestock pen in the community of Birin, South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces demolished the homes of six families, numbering a total of 33 people, including 17 minors.
On May 7, 2024, a Hyundai digger was used by the ICA and military personnel to demolish the home of a family of eight, including four minors, leaving them homeless in the community of a-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills area.
On May 1st and 2nd, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On February 20, 2024, Hyundai excavators were used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem.
On February 13, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Jerusalem Municipality personnel, accompanied by soldiers, to demolish two Palestinian homes in the Ein Juweiza neighborhood in the village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli authorities demolished two homes, leaving a family of four, including two minors, homeless.
On January 3, 2024, two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition of three Palestinian homes in al-Walaja
On December 27, 2023, Hyundai excavator was used in the demolition of a home by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), leaving a family of eight, including four minors, homeless, in the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On July 12, 2023, Hyundai bulldozer was used for the destruction of a water cistern by the ICA in the village of al-Baq’ah, Hebron District, occupied West Bank. The water cistern was used by six families, numbering a total of 30 people for domestic consumption and irrigation.
On July 18, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the uprooting of about 100 trees and the demolition of a fence surrounding farmland by the ICA in Khirbet Birin, northeast of the town of Yatta, the South Hebron Hills.
On March 28, 2023, a Hyundai excavator was used for the demolition of agricultural structures and water well in the town of Deir Ballut in the Salfit Governorate, occupied West Bank.
On March 2, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used in the demolition of the home of a family numbering 8 people, 6 of them minors, leaving the family homeless, in the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, occupied West Bank. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police carried out the demolition.
On February 13, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used for the demolition of two homes in the Palestinian Neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 29, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the demolition of 14 homes in Jabel Mukaber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 25, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in demolitions carried out by ICA personnel in the village of Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police and six bulldozers, demolished seven structures that served as vacation homes and belonged to seven families, numbering 43 people in total, 27 of them minors. The forces also demolished a swimming pool and three fences, damaged another fence, 13 water tanks, and a road leading to one of the structures, and uprooted trees.
On January 11, 2023, at least three Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a two-story home that was intended for a family of 11, including eight minors, in the village of al-Baq'ah in Hebron District in the occupied West Bank. The demolition was carried out by ICA personnel accompanied by military and Border Police escort.
On January 3, 2023, two Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home under construction that was intended for a family of six, four of them minors, in the village of Khirbet Ma’in, southeast of the town of Yatta in the Hebron District. The ICA personnel also destroyed a water hole already in use under the house.
In 2022, Hyundai excavators were used in at least five demolitions carried out by Israeli forces in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank, where some 1,150 Palestinians are at imminent risk of forcible displacement. The demolitions in question displaced at least 15 Palestinians, including six children. According to Amnesty International, in all these cases, Hyundai’s logo was visible on excavators, alongside EFCO’s brand sticker. These incidents include the demolition of two homes, housing at least nine people, in the village of Umm Qussa in July 2022, carried out by Israeli forces with a Hyundai HW210 wheeled excavator and an HX330AL crawler excavator; and the demolition of a home and a water cistern that provided for a family of six in the village of Khallet al-Mayah with a Hyundai HX330AL crawler excavator.
In July 2022, Hyundai excavators were documented in the demolition of Palestinian buildings in the East Jerusalem area, where 18 people, including 10 minors, resided.
On June 1st, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in house demolition in the village of a-Za’ayyem, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
On May 10, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in a demolition of a building in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, where 45 tenants lived. On February 24, 2022, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Anata, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2022, Hyundai was used by Israeli forces to demolish four water wells in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.
On January 17 and 19, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 29, 2021, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem and in Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 28, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On November 23, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a number of demolitions: in Wadi Hummus in Sur Baher neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem; in house demolitions in the villages of Khirbet Ma’in; and in demolish of a structure intended for burial in a-Deirat, in the south Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the village of al-Walaja, occupied West Bank. On November 4, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jawaya town, Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. On November 3, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jabal al-Mukabber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On October 26, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of 4 stores in Deir Qaddis village, in the occupied West Bank.
On June 6, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem.
On March 8, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the town of Bani Na’im near Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On December 24, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Isawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 22, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of Palestinian water wells near the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron occupied West Bank.
On July 27, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Sur Baher in occupied East Jerusalem.
Doosan (HD Hyundai Infracore, formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore)
Doosan's heavy machinery division was acquired by Hyundai in 2021. Doosan equipment has been used in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
In May 2025, Doosan equipment was documented in house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip, following the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza in September 2023. The equipment is used by a contracting company that performs engineering work in Gaza for the Israeli military on behalf of the Ministry of Defense.
On 1st November 2024, Doosan machinery was used in extensive house demolitions carried out by the Israeli military in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
In August 2024, a Doosan excavator was documented in use by the Israeli military 252nd Division of the Combat Engineering Corps in operational activity to expand the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip.
East Jerusalem and the West Bank
On 6 July 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 23, 2022, a Doosan bulldozer was documented in the demolition of a primary school in the Palestinian community of Khirbet a-Safai al-Foqa in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, a Doosan excavator was used by the Israeli Civil Administration in the demolition of three homes housing 13 family members, including nine children, in the village of Al Walajah in the occupied West Bank.
On October 20, 2021, Doosan equipment was documented in demolition accompanied by Israeli Police and Border Police in Hosh Abu Tayeh in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.
Construction on Occupied Land
Hyundai excavators have been documented in construction works on occupied land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
On January 31, 2024, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction work near the settlement of Shim’a in the occupied West Bank.
In November 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction works for the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network in Neve Ya’akov settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, as part of the JLR Red Line extension. The JLR network is an Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods. For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail see Who Profits’ report: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The J-Net Project.
In January 2017, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in settlement construction work near the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. Also in January 2017, Doosan bulldozers were documented in construction in the settlement of Ofra.
In 2016, Hyundai machinery was used in construction work in Pisgat Ze'ev settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Company equipment was also used in construction works in the settlement of Halamish and in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2017, company equipment was documented paving a new settler-only road in the West Bank, the Nabi Elias bypass road. Approximately 700 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in the area were slated to be uprooted for the construction of the road. For more on Nabi Elias bypass road see our previous report: Roads and Infrastructure: Nabi Elyas Bypass Road (Highway 55)
HD Hyundai Co. (formerly Hyundai Heavy Industries Group) is a South Korean conglomerate engaged in a diverse range of businesses, including shipbuilding, heavy equipment, machinery, and energy.
The Group subsidiaries, Hyundai Construction Equipment and HD Hyundai Infracore Co. (formerly known as Doosan Infracore), manufacture construction equipment and industrial vehicles, including excavators, wheel loaders, forklifts and skid steer loaders.
HD Hyundai equipment has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian homes carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Additionally, the company's equipment has been previously documented in the construction of settlements, the Separation Wall, and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank.
In addition, through its subsidiary, HD Hyundai Infracore, the company acquired Doosan heavy machinery division in 2021. Doosan construction equipment has recently been documented in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
Hyundai excavators are used for extensive demolitions inside the Gaza Strip carried out by the Israeli military, following its ground invasion in October 2023. Hyundai excavators have been used for demolitions in Gaza by the Israeli military Unit 2640, also known as Uriah Force, operating under the Gaza Division.
In April 2025, Hyundai excavators were documented in demolitions by the unit in Rafah. Since May 2024, Israel has carried out extensive destruction in the city of Rafah, with almost complete erasure of most of its homes, shops, streets, factories, healthcare facilities, and electricity and water systems.
In a video posted in January 2025 by soldiers serving in the unit, Hyundai excavators were documented in massive demolitions carried out inside the Gaza Strip.
House Demolitions
HD Hyundai heavy machinery has been widely used for demolitions of Palestinian houses and agricultural and water structures carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in many cases resulting in the forced displacement of Palestinians from these areas.
In March 2025, Amnesty International Korea identified 59 Palestinian-owned homes, businesses and other structures that were demolished between September 2019 and February 2025 using HD Hyundai machinery. These demolitions resulted in the forced displacement of approximately 250 Palestinians and damaged the livelihoods of hundreds of others.
Hyundai machinery has also been documented used in expansion works on the barrier in the Syria-Israel border area in the occupied Syrian Golan.
On July 8, 2025, a Hyundai bulldozer was used to demolish a residential building in the Al Salam neighborhood of the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
On May 29, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used to demolish a Palestinian house in the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
On May 5, 2025, a Hyundai excavator and bulldozer were used by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) to demolish 10 homes, leaving 49 people, including 27 minors, without shelter in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills. In addition, the Israeli forces demolished 11 sanitation structures, two kitchen structures, 11 water tanks, five water cisterns, three structures used as sheep pens (including a cave), a hospitality hall, an electricity room, a solar power network and water infrastructure. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli authorities demolished more than 85 per cent of homes and other structures in the community that day, leaving it without access to water or electricity. The Masafer Yatta area in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank consists of about 12 Palestinian villages that are under imminent threat of forcible displacement, following extensive demolitions of their homes and agricultural infrastructure carried out by the Israeli military throughout the area.
On February 10, 2025, Hyundai excavators were used by the ICA for demolitions in three communities in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. These included the demolition of seven cinder-block structures with tin roofs that were home to seven families, leaving 54 people, including 28 minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. In addition, the ICA also destroyed four caves, two water cisterns, two water tanks, three solar panels and a stone fence used by some of the families. In addition, the excavators were used to demolish an agricultural structure in the community of Maghayir al ‘Abid, and two more cinder-block structures that housed two families, leaving 20 people, including seven minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Jinbeh.
On February 25, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA to demolish Palestinian houses in the village of Majdal Bani Fadil area in the occupied West Bank.
On December 9, 2024, at least two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition by the Israeli military of two houses in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On November 13, 2024, Hyundai bulldozers were used by the Israeli military to demolish two Palestinian homes in which ten Palestinians lived in the village of Burqin in the occupied West Bank.
On September 10, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used in house demolitions in the Palestinian village of Aghziwa in the occupied West Bank.
On September 9, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On August 20, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used to demolish a house in the Palestinian village of al Dayr in the occupied West Bank.
On July 25, 2024, Hyundai excavator was used by Israeli authorities to demolish the house of Abdul Karim Zaloum in the Haska neighborhood north of the city of Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On July 22, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On July 6, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On July 4, 2024, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA and Israeli military personnel to demolish six homes and a livestock pen in the community of Birin, South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces demolished the homes of six families, numbering a total of 33 people, including 17 minors.
On May 7, 2024, a Hyundai digger was used by the ICA and military personnel to demolish the home of a family of eight, including four minors, leaving them homeless in the community of a-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills area.
On May 1st and 2nd, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On February 20, 2024, Hyundai excavators were used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem.
On February 13, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Jerusalem Municipality personnel, accompanied by soldiers, to demolish two Palestinian homes in the Ein Juweiza neighborhood in the village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli authorities demolished two homes, leaving a family of four, including two minors, homeless.
On January 3, 2024, two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition of three Palestinian homes in al-Walaja
On December 27, 2023, Hyundai excavator was used in the demolition of a home by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), leaving a family of eight, including four minors, homeless, in the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On July 12, 2023, Hyundai bulldozer was used for the destruction of a water cistern by the ICA in the village of al-Baq’ah, Hebron District, occupied West Bank. The water cistern was used by six families, numbering a total of 30 people for domestic consumption and irrigation.
On July 18, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the uprooting of about 100 trees and the demolition of a fence surrounding farmland by the ICA in Khirbet Birin, northeast of the town of Yatta, the South Hebron Hills.
On March 28, 2023, a Hyundai excavator was used for the demolition of agricultural structures and water well in the town of Deir Ballut in the Salfit Governorate, occupied West Bank.
On March 2, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used in the demolition of the home of a family numbering 8 people, 6 of them minors, leaving the family homeless, in the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, occupied West Bank. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police carried out the demolition.
On February 13, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used for the demolition of two homes in the Palestinian Neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 29, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the demolition of 14 homes in Jabel Mukaber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 25, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in demolitions carried out by ICA personnel in the village of Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police and six bulldozers, demolished seven structures that served as vacation homes and belonged to seven families, numbering 43 people in total, 27 of them minors. The forces also demolished a swimming pool and three fences, damaged another fence, 13 water tanks, and a road leading to one of the structures, and uprooted trees.
On January 11, 2023, at least three Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a two-story home that was intended for a family of 11, including eight minors, in the village of al-Baq'ah in Hebron District in the occupied West Bank. The demolition was carried out by ICA personnel accompanied by military and Border Police escort.
On January 3, 2023, two Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home under construction that was intended for a family of six, four of them minors, in the village of Khirbet Ma’in, southeast of the town of Yatta in the Hebron District. The ICA personnel also destroyed a water hole already in use under the house.
In 2022, Hyundai excavators were used in at least five demolitions carried out by Israeli forces in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank, where some 1,150 Palestinians are at imminent risk of forcible displacement. The demolitions in question displaced at least 15 Palestinians, including six children. According to Amnesty International, in all these cases, Hyundai’s logo was visible on excavators, alongside EFCO’s brand sticker. These incidents include the demolition of two homes, housing at least nine people, in the village of Umm Qussa in July 2022, carried out by Israeli forces with a Hyundai HW210 wheeled excavator and an HX330AL crawler excavator; and the demolition of a home and a water cistern that provided for a family of six in the village of Khallet al-Mayah with a Hyundai HX330AL crawler excavator.
In July 2022, Hyundai excavators were documented in the demolition of Palestinian buildings in the East Jerusalem area, where 18 people, including 10 minors, resided.
On June 1st, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in house demolition in the village of a-Za’ayyem, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
On May 10, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in a demolition of a building in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, where 45 tenants lived. On February 24, 2022, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Anata, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2022, Hyundai was used by Israeli forces to demolish four water wells in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.
On January 17 and 19, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 29, 2021, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem and in Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 28, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On November 23, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a number of demolitions: in Wadi Hummus in Sur Baher neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem; in house demolitions in the villages of Khirbet Ma’in; and in demolish of a structure intended for burial in a-Deirat, in the south Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the village of al-Walaja, occupied West Bank. On November 4, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jawaya town, Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. On November 3, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jabal al-Mukabber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On October 26, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of 4 stores in Deir Qaddis village, in the occupied West Bank.
On June 6, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem.
On March 8, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the town of Bani Na’im near Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On December 24, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Isawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 22, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of Palestinian water wells near the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron occupied West Bank.
On July 27, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Sur Baher in occupied East Jerusalem.
Doosan (HD Hyundai Infracore, formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore)
Doosan's heavy machinery division was acquired by Hyundai in 2021. Doosan equipment has been used in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
In May 2025, Doosan equipment was documented in house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip, following the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza in September 2023. The equipment is used by a contracting company that performs engineering work in Gaza for the Israeli military on behalf of the Ministry of Defense.
On 1st November 2024, Doosan machinery was used in extensive house demolitions carried out by the Israeli military in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
In August 2024, a Doosan excavator was documented in use by the Israeli military 252nd Division of the Combat Engineering Corps in operational activity to expand the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip.
East Jerusalem and the West Bank
On 6 July 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 23, 2022, a Doosan bulldozer was documented in the demolition of a primary school in the Palestinian community of Khirbet a-Safai al-Foqa in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, a Doosan excavator was used by the Israeli Civil Administration in the demolition of three homes housing 13 family members, including nine children, in the village of Al Walajah in the occupied West Bank.
On October 20, 2021, Doosan equipment was documented in demolition accompanied by Israeli Police and Border Police in Hosh Abu Tayeh in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.
Construction on Occupied Land
Hyundai excavators have been documented in construction works on occupied land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
On January 31, 2024, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction work near the settlement of Shim’a in the occupied West Bank.
In November 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction works for the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network in Neve Ya’akov settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, as part of the JLR Red Line extension. The JLR network is an Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods. For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail see Who Profits’ report: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The J-Net Project.
In January 2017, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in settlement construction work near the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. Also in January 2017, Doosan bulldozers were documented in construction in the settlement of Ofra.
In 2016, Hyundai machinery was used in construction work in Pisgat Ze'ev settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Company equipment was also used in construction works in the settlement of Halamish and in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2017, company equipment was documented paving a new settler-only road in the West Bank, the Nabi Elias bypass road. Approximately 700 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in the area were slated to be uprooted for the construction of the road. For more on Nabi Elias bypass road see our previous report: Roads and Infrastructure: Nabi Elyas Bypass Road (Highway 55)
HD Hyundai
Head office: 477 Bundangsuseo-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
Tel.: +82-2-1811-6114
HD Hyundai Co. (formerly Hyundai Heavy Industries Group) is a South Korean conglomerate engaged in a diverse range of businesses, including shipbuilding, heavy equipment, machinery, and energy.
The Group subsidiaries, Hyundai Construction Equipment and HD Hyundai Infracore Co. (formerly known as Doosan Infracore), manufacture construction equipment and industrial vehicles, including excavators, wheel loaders, forklifts and skid steer loaders.
HD Hyundai equipment has been widely used in demolitions of Palestinian homes carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Additionally, the company's equipment has been previously documented in the construction of settlements, the Separation Wall, and checkpoints in the occupied West Bank.
In addition, through its subsidiary, HD Hyundai Infracore, the company acquired Doosan heavy machinery division in 2021. Doosan construction equipment has recently been documented in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
Hyundai excavators are used for extensive demolitions inside the Gaza Strip carried out by the Israeli military, following its ground invasion in October 2023. Hyundai excavators have been used for demolitions in Gaza by the Israeli military Unit 2640, also known as Uriah Force, operating under the Gaza Division.
In April 2025, Hyundai excavators were documented in demolitions by the unit in Rafah. Since May 2024, Israel has carried out extensive destruction in the city of Rafah, with almost complete erasure of most of its homes, shops, streets, factories, healthcare facilities, and electricity and water systems.
In a video posted in January 2025 by soldiers serving in the unit, Hyundai excavators were documented in massive demolitions carried out inside the Gaza Strip.
House Demolitions
HD Hyundai heavy machinery has been widely used for demolitions of Palestinian houses and agricultural and water structures carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, in many cases resulting in the forced displacement of Palestinians from these areas.
In March 2025, Amnesty International Korea identified 59 Palestinian-owned homes, businesses and other structures that were demolished between September 2019 and February 2025 using HD Hyundai machinery. These demolitions resulted in the forced displacement of approximately 250 Palestinians and damaged the livelihoods of hundreds of others.
Hyundai machinery has also been documented used in expansion works on the barrier in the Syria-Israel border area in the occupied Syrian Golan.
On July 8, 2025, a Hyundai bulldozer was used to demolish a residential building in the Al Salam neighborhood of the town of Anata, northeast of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
On May 29, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used to demolish a Palestinian house in the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
On May 5, 2025, a Hyundai excavator and bulldozer were used by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) to demolish 10 homes, leaving 49 people, including 27 minors, without shelter in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta region of the South Hebron Hills. In addition, the Israeli forces demolished 11 sanitation structures, two kitchen structures, 11 water tanks, five water cisterns, three structures used as sheep pens (including a cave), a hospitality hall, an electricity room, a solar power network and water infrastructure. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Israeli authorities demolished more than 85 per cent of homes and other structures in the community that day, leaving it without access to water or electricity. The Masafer Yatta area in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank consists of about 12 Palestinian villages that are under imminent threat of forcible displacement, following extensive demolitions of their homes and agricultural infrastructure carried out by the Israeli military throughout the area.
On February 10, 2025, Hyundai excavators were used by the ICA for demolitions in three communities in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. These included the demolition of seven cinder-block structures with tin roofs that were home to seven families, leaving 54 people, including 28 minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Khallet a-Dabe’ in the Masafer Yatta area in South Hebron Hills. In addition, the ICA also destroyed four caves, two water cisterns, two water tanks, three solar panels and a stone fence used by some of the families. In addition, the excavators were used to demolish an agricultural structure in the community of Maghayir al ‘Abid, and two more cinder-block structures that housed two families, leaving 20 people, including seven minors, homeless in the community of Khirbet Jinbeh.
On February 25, 2025, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA to demolish Palestinian houses in the village of Majdal Bani Fadil area in the occupied West Bank.
On December 9, 2024, at least two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition by the Israeli military of two houses in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On November 13, 2024, Hyundai bulldozers were used by the Israeli military to demolish two Palestinian homes in which ten Palestinians lived in the village of Burqin in the occupied West Bank.
On September 10, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used in house demolitions in the Palestinian village of Aghziwa in the occupied West Bank.
On September 9, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On August 20, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used to demolish a house in the Palestinian village of al Dayr in the occupied West Bank.
On July 25, 2024, Hyundai excavator was used by Israeli authorities to demolish the house of Abdul Karim Zaloum in the Haska neighborhood north of the city of Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On July 22, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank.
On July 6, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On July 4, 2024, a Hyundai excavator was used by the ICA and Israeli military personnel to demolish six homes and a livestock pen in the community of Birin, South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli forces demolished the homes of six families, numbering a total of 33 people, including 17 minors.
On May 7, 2024, a Hyundai digger was used by the ICA and military personnel to demolish the home of a family of eight, including four minors, leaving them homeless in the community of a-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills area.
On May 1st and 2nd, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Israeli authorities for demolitions in the Palestinian town of Hizma in the Jerusalem area in the occupied West Bank.
On February 20, 2024, Hyundai excavators were used by Israeli authorities to demolish a Palestinian house in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem.
On February 13, 2024, Hyundai machinery was used by Jerusalem Municipality personnel, accompanied by soldiers, to demolish two Palestinian homes in the Ein Juweiza neighborhood in the village of Al-Walaja in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli authorities demolished two homes, leaving a family of four, including two minors, homeless.
On January 3, 2024, two Hyundai excavators were used for demolition of three Palestinian homes in al-Walaja
On December 27, 2023, Hyundai excavator was used in the demolition of a home by the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), leaving a family of eight, including four minors, homeless, in the community of al-Jawaya in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On July 12, 2023, Hyundai bulldozer was used for the destruction of a water cistern by the ICA in the village of al-Baq’ah, Hebron District, occupied West Bank. The water cistern was used by six families, numbering a total of 30 people for domestic consumption and irrigation.
On July 18, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the uprooting of about 100 trees and the demolition of a fence surrounding farmland by the ICA in Khirbet Birin, northeast of the town of Yatta, the South Hebron Hills.
On March 28, 2023, a Hyundai excavator was used for the demolition of agricultural structures and water well in the town of Deir Ballut in the Salfit Governorate, occupied West Bank.
On March 2, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used in the demolition of the home of a family numbering 8 people, 6 of them minors, leaving the family homeless, in the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, occupied West Bank. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police carried out the demolition.
On February 13, 2023, Hyundai machinery was used for the demolition of two homes in the Palestinian Neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 29, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in the demolition of 14 homes in Jabel Mukaber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On January 25, 2023, Hyundai excavators were used in demolitions carried out by ICA personnel in the village of Ein a-Duyuk a-Tahta, west of Jericho. ICA personnel, escorted by military and Border Police and six bulldozers, demolished seven structures that served as vacation homes and belonged to seven families, numbering 43 people in total, 27 of them minors. The forces also demolished a swimming pool and three fences, damaged another fence, 13 water tanks, and a road leading to one of the structures, and uprooted trees.
On January 11, 2023, at least three Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a two-story home that was intended for a family of 11, including eight minors, in the village of al-Baq'ah in Hebron District in the occupied West Bank. The demolition was carried out by ICA personnel accompanied by military and Border Police escort.
On January 3, 2023, two Hyundai excavators were used for the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home under construction that was intended for a family of six, four of them minors, in the village of Khirbet Ma’in, southeast of the town of Yatta in the Hebron District. The ICA personnel also destroyed a water hole already in use under the house.
In 2022, Hyundai excavators were used in at least five demolitions carried out by Israeli forces in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank, where some 1,150 Palestinians are at imminent risk of forcible displacement. The demolitions in question displaced at least 15 Palestinians, including six children. According to Amnesty International, in all these cases, Hyundai’s logo was visible on excavators, alongside EFCO’s brand sticker. These incidents include the demolition of two homes, housing at least nine people, in the village of Umm Qussa in July 2022, carried out by Israeli forces with a Hyundai HW210 wheeled excavator and an HX330AL crawler excavator; and the demolition of a home and a water cistern that provided for a family of six in the village of Khallet al-Mayah with a Hyundai HX330AL crawler excavator.
In July 2022, Hyundai excavators were documented in the demolition of Palestinian buildings in the East Jerusalem area, where 18 people, including 10 minors, resided.
On June 1st, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in house demolition in the village of a-Za’ayyem, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
On May 10, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in a demolition of a building in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, where 45 tenants lived. On February 24, 2022, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Anata, in the Jerusalem Governorate in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2022, Hyundai was used by Israeli forces to demolish four water wells in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.
On January 17 and 19, 2022, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 29, 2021, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in demolitions in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem and in Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem.
On December 28, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On November 23, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a number of demolitions: in Wadi Hummus in Sur Baher neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem; in house demolitions in the villages of Khirbet Ma’in; and in demolish of a structure intended for burial in a-Deirat, in the south Hebron Hills, occupied West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the village of al-Walaja, occupied West Bank. On November 4, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jawaya town, Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. On November 3, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Jabal al-Mukabber, occupied East Jerusalem.
On October 26, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of 4 stores in Deir Qaddis village, in the occupied West Bank.
On June 6, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem.
On March 8, 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in the town of Bani Na’im near Hebron, occupied West Bank.
On December 24, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in a house demolition in Isawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 22, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in demolition of Palestinian water wells near the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron occupied West Bank.
On July 27, 2019, Hyundai machinery was documented in house demolition in Sur Baher in occupied East Jerusalem.
Doosan (HD Hyundai Infracore, formerly Hyundai Doosan Infracore)
Doosan's heavy machinery division was acquired by Hyundai in 2021. Doosan equipment has been used in demolitions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip, as well as in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Gaza
In May 2025, Doosan equipment was documented in house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip, following the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza in September 2023. The equipment is used by a contracting company that performs engineering work in Gaza for the Israeli military on behalf of the Ministry of Defense.
On 1st November 2024, Doosan machinery was used in extensive house demolitions carried out by the Israeli military in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
In August 2024, a Doosan excavator was documented in use by the Israeli military 252nd Division of the Combat Engineering Corps in operational activity to expand the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip.
East Jerusalem and the West Bank
On 6 July 2024, Hyundai machinery was used for demolitions by Israeli authorities in the Palestinian neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.
On November 23, 2022, a Doosan bulldozer was documented in the demolition of a primary school in the Palestinian community of Khirbet a-Safai al-Foqa in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, West Bank.
On November 9, 2021, a Doosan excavator was used by the Israeli Civil Administration in the demolition of three homes housing 13 family members, including nine children, in the village of Al Walajah in the occupied West Bank.
On October 20, 2021, Doosan equipment was documented in demolition accompanied by Israeli Police and Border Police in Hosh Abu Tayeh in Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.
Construction on Occupied Land
Hyundai excavators have been documented in construction works on occupied land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
On January 31, 2024, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction work near the settlement of Shim’a in the occupied West Bank.
In November 2021, Hyundai machinery was documented in construction works for the Jerusalem Light Rail (JLR) network in Neve Ya’akov settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, as part of the JLR Red Line extension. The JLR network is an Israeli transport infrastructure project connecting large settlement blocks in occupied East Jerusalem and is contingent on the expropriation of Palestinian land and the further territorial fragmentation of the city’s Palestinian neighborhoods. For more on the Jerusalem Light Rail see Who Profits’ report: Developments in the Expansion of the JLR Network: The J-Net Project.
In January 2017, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in settlement construction work near the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. Also in January 2017, Doosan bulldozers were documented in construction in the settlement of Ofra.
In 2016, Hyundai machinery was used in construction work in Pisgat Ze'ev settlement neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem. Company equipment was also used in construction works in the settlement of Halamish and in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the occupied West Bank.
In February 2017, company equipment was documented paving a new settler-only road in the West Bank, the Nabi Elias bypass road. Approximately 700 olive trees belonging to Palestinians in the area were slated to be uprooted for the construction of the road. For more on Nabi Elias bypass road see our previous report: Roads and Infrastructure: Nabi Elyas Bypass Road (Highway 55)
Ownership
The company is publicly traded on the Korea Exchange under the ticker symbol: 267250 (KRX: 267250)
Major shareholders include: Mong-Joon Chung (26.6%), HD HYUNDAI CO., LTD. (10.54%), National Pension Service of Korea (8.28%), Ki-Sun Jung (6.12%), The Asan Foundation (3.89%)
Chairman of the Board: Kwon Oh-gap
CEO: Chung Kisun
Subsidiaries
HD Hyundai Future Partners Co., Ltd. (100%), Avikus (100%), HD Hyundai E&F (100%), HD Hyundai Oilbank Shanghai Corporation (100%), HD Hyundai Oilbank Singapore Corporation (100%), Chinese Hydraulic Equipment Corporation (100%), Ulsan HD Football club (100%), HD Hydrogen (100%), HD Hyundai Future Partners Co., Ltd. (100%), HD Hyundai Samho (96.61%), HD Hyundai Robotics (90%), HD Hyundai Robotics (90%), HD Hyundai XiteSolution (80.22%), HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (75.02%), HD Hyundai Oilbank (73.85%), HD Hyundai Chemical (60%), HD Hyundai Shell Base Oil (60%), HD Hyundai Marine Solution (55.79%), HD Hyundai Energy Solutions (53.57%), HD Hyundai OCI (51%), HD Hyundai Mipo (42.40%), HD Hyundai Electric (37.22%), HD Hyundai Electric (37.18%), HD Hyundai Construction Equipment (35.64%), HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (35.05%), HD Hyundai Marine Engine (35.05%), HD Hyundai Infracore (34.17%).
Partners
EFCO Equipment Ltd. is the exclusive Israeli representative of Hyundai Construction Equipment.
* This section refers to the company's general business partners
Company Response
Settlements
Ariel | Halamish (Neve Tzuf) | Kiryat Arba | Neve Ya'akov | Ofra | Pisgat Ze'ev | Shim'a
Global Presence
Global Presence
China | Colombia | Hungary | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Switzerland | USA