The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has demolished about 9000 Palestinian-owned structures since 2009 displacing thousands of Palestinian civilians from their homes according to a report issued by the UN on Saturday.
The IOA destroyed 8746 Palestinian-owned structures leaving 13000 Palestinian civilians displaced and inflicting losses on 152000 others according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The report said that 1559 Palestinian houses were demolished whether by the Israeli authority or self-demolished by their owners to avoid paying heavy fines. It added that the demolition orders were issued against Palestinian-owned structures under the pretext of construction without permit.
In a related incident a Jerusalemite family was forced on Saturday to self-demolish its 120-square-meter house which accommodates three families in order to avoid paying exorbitant fines if the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem carried out the demolition on its own.
During the first half of 2022 90 Palestinian-owned structures in Jerusalem were demolished 79 of which were self-demolished.
