The Salem family living in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied al-Quds has confirmed to Al Mayadeen that today, Sunday, they have been attacked by the Israeli settlers who want to expel them from the home they have been living in for 74 years.

The family added that "we do not know what tomorrow will bring in the absence of an alternative, and we will not leave even if they attack us," adding that "the occupation claims that our house belongs to the settlers and they threatened with a court decision to expel us."

On another note, the Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that the settlers have called for a gathering today, in the evening time, in front of the Salem family, amid "a rising tension in the neighborhood with expectations that the occupation and settlers will escalate their attacks."

مراسلة #الميادين تدخل منزل عائلة #سالم التي يهددها الاحتلال باخلائها من المنزل في #حي_الشيخ_جراح. @HanaaMahamed pic.twitter.com/IWszx2H7uH

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 13, 2022

The correspondent confirmed that the occupation is attacking the Palestinian protestors who object to the settlers' provocations in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood" adding that "the occupation is attacking the Palestinians by beating them and launching sound bombs toward them."

Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians gathered near the Salem family house today at dawn, which is threatened with eviction from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, occupied Al-Quds. 

According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, the settlers attacked the Palestinian homes and vehicles with stones and pepper-sprayed the neighborhood's residents right by the Salem home, west of the neighborhood.

Hamas warned the occupation of "the dire consequences of their impingement," which the movement described as playing in minefields bound to explode in the face of occupation. 

Hamas spokesperson in Al-Quds Muhammad Hamada said that the settlers' attacks on the people in the dead of the night, which were led by Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir, are blatant aggression against the residents. He said that the settlers are playing with fire in Al-Quds, a place where the entirety of Palestine is ignited for with everything it possesses.