IOF bulldoze building in al-Quds, displace four families of 32 members
More than 32 Palestinians of the Ghaith and Mubarak families have been forcefully displaced from their residence in al-Quds.
The Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a residential building in Ras al-Amud neighborhood in occupied al-Quds on Wednesday morning, leading to the displacement of four families.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that occupation forces stormed the neighborhood with military reinforcements and began demolishing a two-story residential building, with each floor containing four apartments, located near Wadi Qaddum.
Among the proprietors are Zuhair Abdul Aziz Ghaith and his brother Murad Abdul Aziz Ghaith and Fahd Mubarak and his brother Muhammad Mubarak. The demolition resulted in the forced displacement of more than 32 members of the Ghaith and Mubarak families from al-Quds.
The Information Center explained that the building was constructed in 2016, and fines of 800,000 shekels (more than 200,000 USD) were paid to the occupation municipality, yet a decision to demolish it was issued last Wednesday under the pretext of unauthorized construction.
Since the beginning of 2023, Israeli occupation forces have carried out 256 demolition operations in the West Bank, including al-Quds, targeting 303 structures during the first half of 2023, according to figures by the Resistance Wall and Settlement Authority.
The Authority stated that occupation forces and settlers prevented Palestinians from accessing an area of 500,000 dunums (500 square kilometers) of their lands, comprising 200,000 dunums (200 square kilometers) surrounded by settlements and 300,000 dunums (200 square kilometers) isolated behind the apartheid wall.
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Earlier this month, it was reported that the Israeli occupation gave the green light to the construction of over 1,700 new settler housing units, marking an expansion of settlements in the eastern part of occupied Al-Quds.
"If it weren't for the war [on Gaza], there would be a lot of noise. It's a highly problematic project for the continuity of a Palestinian state between the southern West Bank and east Jerusalem [occupied al-Quds]," an Israeli NGO reported.
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