Displacing 30 people, ‘Israel’ demolishes Palestinian-owned building in occupied Jerusalem
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday morning demolished a Palestinian two-story building in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood.
Earlier today, local sources reported, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the Ein al-Lawzeh area in the neighborhood of Silwan and cordoned off the area where the two-story building is located.
The Israeli occupation bulldozer then started demolishing the building, owned by the Jerusalemite family of al-Rajabi, where five families of 30 people have been living for eight years.
Right now in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, the Israeli occupation authorities are knocking down a three-storey building for the Palestinian family of Rajabi under the pretext of construction without a permit, displacing nearly 30 Palestinian civilians. pic.twitter.com/SjWMI31EIs
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 10, 2022
The family said the occupation started carrying out the demolition operation after storming the building and assaulting its residents, without even allowing them to evacuate their furniture and properties.
BREAKING | Israeli occupation forces raided the building of the Palestinian family of Rajabi in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan and forced its inhabitants out to the street ahead of its demolition, according to local sources. pic.twitter.com/qj1tjGKzNP
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 10, 2022
Watch | Israeli occupation forces assault members of the Rajabi family after throwing them out to the street in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, ahead of the demolition of their building, today. pic.twitter.com/2SjNZRVdNi
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 10, 2022
Including a journalist, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that five Palestinians were beaten by the Israeli occupation forces during the demolition operation.
The forces also arrested two Palestinian youths after attacking them during the demolition operation.
Watch | Israeli occupation forces left all of this destruction behind after the demolition of the Rajabi residential building in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.#SaveSilwan #EndIsraeliApartheid pic.twitter.com/mw3N6KMqEV
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 10, 2022
Watch | Israeli occupation forces assault a #Palestinian child during the demolition of the Rajabi residential building in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. pic.twitter.com/hXtEyel8qD
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 10, 2022
Watch | Israeli occupation forces assault Palestinian civilians and disperse them after throwing them out to the street and demolishing their apartments in the occupied #Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. pic.twitter.com/khefJ1FYDi
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 10, 2022
Using the pretext of building without permits, which rarely, if ever, issued for Palestinians by the occupation authorities, ‘Israel’ demolishes houses on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the Israeli municipality and government built tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favor of the Israeli settlers in the occupied city.
Hundreds of Palestinian families are being threatened with forced displacement and house demolitions from their homes by illegal settler groups, fully supported by the Israeli government.
There are nearly 700,000 Israeli settlers living in 256 illegal settlements and outposts scattered across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Israeli settlements are illegal under international law.
The Israeli court had previously rejected many appeals filed by the residents of Jerusalem, and allowed settler organizations to continue its procedures relevant to the immediate expelling of the Palestinian families.
