Israeli forces demolish parts of Palestinian house, two commercial offices in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM: Israeli occupation bulldozers today demolished parts of a Palestinian house in the town of Al-Tur and two offices in the neighboring town of Silwan in occupied Jerusalem. Local sources reported that the occupation forces demolished two commercial offices belonging to the al-Maqdisi Musa Shuqairat in the Ain Al-Loza neighborhood in Silwan following their incursion into the town, under the ptretxt that they were built without a license. In the town of Al-Tur, east of occupied Jerusalem, the occupation bulldozers returned to demolish the house of Jerusalemite Ziyad Abu Sbitan, which they demolished months ago under the pretext of rebuilding a room in the demolished house that he used to raise animals inside it. The occupation forces also bulldozed the demolished house again and warned him of imposing financial fines if he re-built any construction on the site of the demolished house. In a related context, the occupation authorities forced Musa Salama to self-demolish his house in the Abu Tayeh nei ghborhood in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The occupation forces did nothing to the stop the demolition operation. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA