Israel demolishes 3 Palestinian homes, store in Jerusalem

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  • February 13, 2019
Israel demolishes 3 Palestinian homes, store in Jerusalem

Israeli military bulldozers demolished Tuesday evening three Palestinian-owned homes in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem.
According to Palestinian media sources, two homes and a store belonging to the resident Jamal Yahya were demolished without any prior notice for being allegedly built without Israeli permit.
Yahya said that he received a demolition order against the two houses before reaching an agreement with Israeli municipality to only demolish a part of them. He pointed out that he was not allowed to evacuate the store before its demolition. Along the same line, another house was demolished in Silwan town without prior notice.
A widow and her five children became homeless as a result. Israel uses the pretext of building without a permit to carry out demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes on a regular basis.

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