Today, Saturday, the Israeli occupation authorities forced a citizen to demolish his house in the town of Al-Tur, east of occupied Jerusalem.

Jerusalem citizen Abdullah Abu Sbitan said that the occupation municipality in Jerusalem forced him to demolish his house, which has an area of 85 square meters and houses his family of five members.

He added that he had to self-demolish his house after the occupation court issued a demolition decision within two days, in order to avoid paying the demolition costs if its crews did so.

It is noteworthy that the occupation authorities force Palestinian citizens, especially in the occupied city of Jerusalem, to self-demolish their homes under the pretext of not having a license. If anyone refuses this procedure, the occupation bulldozers demolish the house and impose exorbitant costs on the owner.

The occupation municipality in Jerusalem refuses to grant Palestinian citizens building permits, and demolishes or forces them to demolish their homes, in a measure that contravenes international laws, as part of its practices aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinians from the city of Jerusalem, in favor of expanding the settlements in the city and its surroundings.

During the month of May, the Jerusalem Governorate documented (30) demolition and bulldozing operations, including: (9 forced self-demolition operations) and (20 demolition operations carried out by occupation mechanisms).