Israeli forces demolish residential building in East Jerusalem

On Wednesday, the WAFA news agency reported that Israeli occupation forces demolished a residential building housing 50 Palestinians in East Jerusalem. “The building that was demolished on the pretext that it was built without a permit,” WAFA reported, specifying that the building is located in the Silwan neighborhood, in East Jerusalem, on the outskirts of the Old City. One of the people who lived in the building assured WAFA that the building was built 40 years ago and that the Al Huseini family bought it 17 years ago. In 2018, however, the Israeli authorities gave the Al Husseini family an eviction order for the demolition of their house, an action that had been repeatedly postponed thanks to appeals before the Justice.