Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation authorities forced a Jerusalemite to demolish his house in the Al-Bustan neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The owner of the house, Hisham Aqil, stated that the occupation municipality notified him of the demolition of the house under the pretext of “building without a permit,” which prompted him to demolish his house himself, in order to avoid the high costs imposed by the occupation municipality if its machinery carried out the demolition.

Aqil said that the building had been standing for 11 years, and that one of his relatives had been living in it with his family of four before it was demolished.