OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation police and municipality crews, escorted by heavy vehicles, stormed on Tuesday the al-Bustan neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of Occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a Palestinian house under the pretext of lacking a construction permit.
According to official Palestinian data published by the Jerusalem governorate, the demolitions during this month is equivalent to the total number of the Israeli demolitions carried out in the city during the first half of the current year 2024.
The data showed that the city of Jerusalem witnessed 127 demolitions during the first half of 2024, including 42 forced self-demolitions, and 73 demolitions carried out by Israeli occupation forces.
Meanwhile, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission recorded 243 demolitions in the West Bank during the same period, including 318 facilities.
