OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished on Wednesday morning a Palestinian house in Shuafat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
According to local sources, an Israeli bulldozer escorted by police forces demolished a house belonging to the family of Zahida in Ras Khamis neighborhood in Shuafat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem
On Tuesday, the Israeli municipality demolished the Shayyah Mosque in Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in east Jerusalem.
The rate at which Palestinian homes and structures are demolished in east Jerusalem has almost doubled since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, human rights groups and monitoring organizations say.
The demolitions are ordered by the Israeli municipal authority which claims that many homes and structures are illegally built without permission.
Almost all attempts by Palestinian families in east Jerusalem to apply for planning permission are rejected by the IOA. That means growing families have no choice but to build without permits and then face the potential consequences – huge fines and demolition orders.
