Israel demands 2 Palestinian families dismantle their homes

The Israeli Civil Administration accompanied by the Israeli army yesterday stormed the Jabal Al-Baba village in occupied East Jerusalem demanding two Palestinian families dismantle their mobile homes.

A representative of Jabal Al-Baba Bedouin community, Atallah Mazraa, said the Israeli occupation forces and the Civil Administration surrounded the houses of Fatima Mazaraa, 54, and her son Hassan Mazaraa demanding they dismantle their mobile homes within a day without prior warning or a demolition order. They said the units were erected without the necessary permits.

Mazraa said the two mobile homes house eight people.

Israeli forces dismantled and confiscated 12 mobile homes belonging to the Mazaraa and Jahalin families on 16 May.

Some 300 Palestinian people live in Jabal Al-Baba.