JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities in Jerusalem on Tuesday delivered demolition orders for residential homes and commercial stores in Silwan, al-Tur, al-Isawiya, and Jabal al-Mukabbir, locals said.
The Eweisat, Abu al-Jamal, and Elayyan families were issued demolition orders for their homes in Jabal al-Mukabbir.
The Elayyan family home was built 10 years ago while the other two properties were built in the 1970s. A total of 25 people live in the three homes.
In Silwan, Israeli municipality officers issued demolition orders to the Abbasi and Abu Diab families, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center said.
The Abu Diab home was built in 1998 and houses nine people.
A bakery, restaurant, and parking lot were also issued demolition orders.
Bassem Zeidani said that his father was issued a demolition order for his two-story house, home to 13 people.
In al-Isawiya, Israeli authorities attempted to demolish a store belonging to Nader al-Rashq, but the demolition did not take place as the owner had obtained a court order.
Israel rarely grants construction permits to Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and regularly demolishes structures built without permits.
Israeli bulldozers have demolished at least 359 Palestinian structures in the West Bank so far in 2014, according to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.
During the 1967 war, Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan, occupied it, and later annexed it in a move never recognized abroad.
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