The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Tuesday morning demolished several structures under construction in Jabel Mukaber neighborhood east of Jerusalem.
Mohamed Zaatara the owner said that two bulldozers escorted by police forces stormed as-Sall’ah area of the neighborhood and demolished six structures under construction belonging to him at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
Zaatara added that he started to build those structures about two months ago to use three of them as commercial stores and the others as apartments for his family
He pointed out that he was just notified in the morning that an Israeli court approved the demolition of his structures at the request of an Israeli police officer without informing him in advance of such court decision.
The IOA started recently to intensify its demolition and displacement campaigns in Palestinian neighborhoods in the east of Jerusalem especially in Jabel Mukaber.
