Israeli occupation tears down tent for Palestinian family
Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Israeli occupation forces tore down today a tent, which was set up two weeks ago by members of the Elian family in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya on the rubble of their home, which was demolished by the Israeli occupation municipality.
Video | #Israeli occupation forces tear down a tent for the Elian family in the occupied #Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Isawiya, today. The family set up the tent last week on the rubble of their house, demolished by the Israeli occupation authorities at that time. pic.twitter.com/gzoWvH1VBZ
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The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem accompanied by police broke into the tent, cordoned off the area, asked its residents to leave and proceeded to tear it down.
The family had set up the tent as a temporary shelter on the rubble of their demolished home.
Israel denies permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to expand existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in Jerusalem and Area C, which constitutes 60 percent of the occupied West Bank and falls under full Israeli military rule, forcing residents to build without obtaining rarely-granted permits to provide shelters for their families.
There are over 700,000 Israeli settlers living in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in violation of international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention.
