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6 homeless as Israel demolishes 3 structures in East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities demolished a house in East Jerusalem

February 22, 2018 at 12:18 pm

Israeli bulldozers demolished a Palestinian house, agricultural structure and a commercial structure in the Shuafat and Beit Hanina neighbourhoods of occupied East Jerusalem yesterday.

Local sources told Ma’an that Israeli forces escorted several bulldozers, along with crews from Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality, into Beit Hanina and demolished a salon that belonged to Daoud Muheisen.

Forces then raided the Shuafat neighbourhood, where they demolished a house belonging to Saleh Abu Khdeir in addition to an agricultural structure which also belonging to Abu Khdeir.

The house was 110 square metres, while the agricultural structure, which was built in 2006, consisted of 215 square metres.

Abu Khdeir told Ma’an that six family members lived in the house.

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