Jerusalem municipality demolishes Palestinian homes

JERUSALEM (Ma'an)

– Demolition teams from the Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday morning destroyed three Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem.

The demolitions left 25 people homeless, locals told Ma'an.

The first demolition was in the Beit Hanina neighborhood north of the Old City. Demolition teams, residents said, arrived at 4.30 a.m. at Wadi al-Dam in Beit Hanina and stormed the home of Muhammad Sanduqa. They then forced the family out and evacuated furniture before bulldozers pulled the house down.

Alaa Sanduqa told Ma'an that his family house was built 17 years ago. The house, he said, measured 65 square meters and housed seven people. He highlighted that his family had paid a fine of 1,000 shekels for building without a license.

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