Israeli bulldozers demolished on Tuesday three Palestinian buildings in Occupied Jerusalem under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Israeli forces escorted by two bulldozers and military jeeps stormed al-Issawiya village and demolished a home owned by the Palestinian citizen Abdullah Hamdan.
Reporting from the city a PIC news correspondent said 500 Israeli soldiers cordoned off the village at daybreak and closed off its main access roads blocking Palestinians’ movement inside and out.
The Israeli bulldozers also razed a home belonging to Abdul Karim Abu Esneineh in al-Bustan neighborhood.
A commercial and residential building owned by Na’im Abu Dweih in Jabal al-Mukabbir was demolished by the Israeli forces without prior notifications.
According to the family the building was built some 10 years ago and is surrounded by structures constructed over 80 years ago.
Member of al-Issawiya’s Defense Committee Mohamed Abu al-Humus said the demolitions make part of a policy of collective punishment perpetrated by the Israeli occupation authorities for over 18 years against the Palestinians of al-Issawiya adding that 200 apartments are threatened with demolition and 16 others were razed to the ground since the start of 2017.
