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HD Hyundai is one of the largest South Korean conglomerates engaged in shipbuilding, heavy equipment, machine, and petroleum. 

House demolitions

Hyundai Excavators are widely used in house demolitions carried out by the Israeli military and Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.  

Between 2019 and 2023, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in dozens of house demolitions and destruction of agriculture and water structures carried out by Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank and in occupied East Jerusalem.

On July 12, 2023, a Hyundai excavator was used by Israeli forces for the destruction of a water well belonging to a Palestinian family in Hebron used for home and agriculture.

On March 28, 2023, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in the demolition of agricultural structures and a water well in the town of Deir Ballut, in the occupied West Bank.

On February 13, 2023, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in the demolition of two homes in Jabel Mukaber in East Jerusalem.

On January 29, 2023, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in the demolition of 14 homes in East Jerusalem, and Hyundai excavators were documented in Jabel Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem.  

Amnesty International verified the use of Hyundai CE excavators in five demolitions of Palestinian property that took place in 2022 in Masafer Yatta, in the 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.

In July 2022, Hyundai excavators were documented in demolitions of 10 buildings in East Jerusalem area, where 18 people, including 10 minors, resided.

Also in July 2022, a Hyundai HW210 wheeled excavator and a HX330AL crawler excavator were used on separate occasions by Israeli forces to demolish two homes in the village of Umm Qussa in Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank.

On June 1, 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.

On 15 February 2022, Israeli forces used a Hyundai HX330AL crawler excavator to demolish a home and a water cistern in Khallet al-Mayah village, in Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank.

On January 17 and January 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.

Hyundai Doosan Infrastructure

Doosan heavy machinery division, previously owned by Doosan Corporation, was acquired by Hyundai Group in 2021. Doosan equipment was previously documented in demolitions in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, and in the construction of settlements, the Separation Wall and checkpoints.

In November 2022, Doosan bulldozer was documented in the demolition of an elementary school in Masafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills, in the occupied West Bank.  

In november 2021, the Israeli Civil Admisntration (ICA) used a Doosan excavator in the demolition of three homes of 13 family members, including nine children, in the village of Al Walajah in the occupied West Bank. 

Construction on occupied land

Hyundai excavators were documented during construction works on occupied land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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.

In January 2017, Hyundai heavy machinery was documented in settlement construction work near the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. 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: Roads and Infrastructure Nabi Elyas Bypass Road (Highway 55).