The Israeli-controlled Jerusalem municipality on Tuesday notified the demolition of a number of Palestinian houses in Silwan town south of al-Aqsa Mosque.
Wafa reported that crews from the Jerusalem municipality escorted by a police force stormed Silwan and distributed orders to demolish Palestinian houses in the town for allegedly being unauthorized.
The municipality on 18th March forced the family of the Palestinian citizen Ishaq al-Shweiki to demolish their own house in al-Abbasiya neighborhood in Silwan under the pretext of being built without license.
Jerusalem municipality’s bulldozers on 6th March demolished a car wash in the city under the same allegation.
