Pictures| ‘Israel’ forces Jerusalemite to self-demolish his three commercial stores

Occupied Jerusalem (QNN)- Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday night forced a Palestinian youth to self-demolish his three commercial stores in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood, south of the occupied city of Jerusalem, under the pretext of building without a permit.
Last night, the Jerusalemite Malek Khalayla self-demolished his three commercial stores in the Jabal al-Mukabber, at the order of the Israeli occupation municipality, under the pretext of building without a permit.
Khalayla was seen last night emptying the stores of its contents before self-demolishing them.
استكمال عملية هدم محلات المقدسي مالك خلايلة في بلدة جبل المكبر بالقدس pic.twitter.com/Hn2fUz3pzo
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بالصور – الاحتلال يجبر المقدسي مالك خلايلة على هدم محلاته التجارية في بلدة جبل المكبر بالقدس المحتلة pic.twitter.com/ZwKnWUktwJ
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The occupation municipality ordered him to self-demolish the stores or he had to pay an exorbitant fine of the demolition costs to the municipality if it carries out the demolition.
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, the occupation forces demolished another family’s house, the Salhiya family, after raiding their house in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, violently arresting and assaulting family members.
Using the pretext of illegal building, ‘Israel’ demolishes houses and structures on a regular basis to restrict Palestinian expansion in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation municipality and the occupation government built tens of thousands of housing units in illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem for Jews with a goal to offset the demographic balance in favour of the Israeli settlers in the occupied city.
‘Israel’ has been moving its citizens into the occupied Jerusalem neighbourhoods since the 1980s. This has resulted in numerous human rights violations, including the forced displacement of Palestinian residents and home demolitions.
Hundreds of Palestinian families are being threatened with forced displacement and house demolitions 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 to stop demolitions and forced displacement.
During the year of 2021, according to the Jerusalem Affairs Ministry, Israeli forces demolished over 173 Palestinian-owned structures in Jerusalem and issued over 200 demolition orders against houses.