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Israel demolishes Jerusalem home of Palestinian brothers

January 9, 2024 at 3:55 pm

Israeli forces destroy the homes of the families of Ibrahim and Murad Nimr, who were killed, in Sur Baher, south of occupied Jerusalem on 9 January 2024 [@QudsNen/X]

Israeli today demolished the homes of Palestinians Murad and Ibrahim Nimr in Sur Baher town, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

According to local sources, a large number of Israeli soldiers stormed Sur Baher town this morning, encircled the men’s homes and forced their residents to evacuate before planting explosives inside them and then detonating them.

Occupation soldiers also forced families living in nearby houses to leave them before they carried out the punitive measure against the Palestinian homes.

The brothers were killed in November after allegedly shooting four settlers on a road near the illegal settlement of Ramot in Occupied Jerusalem.

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