IOF demolish residential, agricultural structures in East Jerusalem

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished on Monday, April 29, 2019, two residential and agricultural facilities in the neighborhoods of Silwan, Jabal al-Mukaber, and Sour Baher, East of Jerusalem, under the pretext of unpermitted construction.

Staff from the Israeli municipality, backed by Israeli forces, stormed several neighborhoods in Silwan, Jabal al-Mukaber, and Sour Baher, and carried out a demolition campaign, demolishing residential and agricultural structures, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.

The municipality bulldozers demolished a residential structure made of metals that housed five members of the Jaabis family.

Meanwhile, three rooms with a total area of 150 square meters, a 140 square-meter residential shed, and a 40-square-meter storage shed; all belonging to Imad Abu Sharefeh, were also demolished in the same area.

Four sheds used as animal barns, a 40-square-meter storage shed, a 50-square-meter barracks, five caravans, and three other sheds used for agricultural purposes were also demolished in Jabal al-Mukaber area.

The bulldozers further demolished iron and brick walls.

In Sour Baher, the municipality bulldozers demolished a shed used as an animal barn. A resident was also forced to tear down a balcony at his house with his own hands.

The bulldozers also demolished a parking lot in al-Thawri area of the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.