The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) at dawn Wednesday demolished a Palestinian house in the east Jerusalem district of Sheikh Jarrah after police forces stormed it and forcibly removed its residents and many supporters.
According to local sources Israeli bulldozers reduced the house of Mahmoud Salhiya to rubble and displaced his family after police forces assaulted them and several activists.
Eyewitnesses said that a large number of police forces stormed the house and arrested six individuals from the family of Salhiya and 20 activists adding that police officers also assaulted members from the family and several activists during the raid.
The Israeli police cordoned off Sheikh Jarrah and the area where the house was located during and after the demolition.
