Israel authorities force Palestinian families to demolish own homes in al-Quds

The Israeli authorities have displaced all members of two Palestinian families after forcing them to completely demolish their own homes in the occupied al-Quds city, a report says.

The report added that the Israeli police had phoned Matar to comply with a demolition order issued previously by the municipality against his house, stressing that he would have to pay 100,000 shekels to the municipality if he refused to demolish his own house at his own expense.

The Palestinian father said that he had to begin demolishing his house with his own hands because of his difficult living conditions and the financial penalty which he still pays to the municipality for building the house without granting a required license.

Matar, father of four kids, has been given until next Monday to finish demolishing the house, which he built 12 years ago.

In a similar incident, the Israeli municipality forced Ali Sari, father of three children, to demolish his own house in Jabel al-Mukaber neighborhood, south of the al-Aqsa Mosque.

He had built the house some five months ago.

The Israeli regime routinely demolishes Palestinian houses in the occupied West Bank, claiming that the structures have been built without the so-called permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. They also sometimes order Palestinian owners to demolish their own houses or pay the costs of the demolition if they do not.

Since January 2020, the Israeli regime has forced dozens of Palestinians in the city to raze their homes amid hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

In May 2020, the Israeli rights group B’Tselem reported that the Tel Aviv regime used other strategies to block Palestinian use of land in order to pave the way for new settlements.

Source: Press TV