The dozers of the Israeli occupation municipality in Jerusalem demolished on July 19, 2016 commercial structures, residences and warehouses in the neighborhood of Al-Luzeh, south Al-Aqsa mosque. Also, the dozers reached out ,in the same day, an under construction residence in the town of Beit Hanina, north Occupied Jerusalem.
It should be marked that the dozers accompanied by a big number of Police members raided the quarter of Abu Tayeh in Al-Luzeh neighborhood in Silwan, closed the area and embarked on demolishing a residential room (40m2) and three warehouses (25m2 each) owned by citizen Arafat Abu Hamam. Noteworthy, the structures that are roofed with metal slaps were built eight years ago.
Photos 1+2: the rubbles of structures of Abu Hamam- Silwan town
Dozers of the occupation also demolished a workshop for cars maintenance belonging to citizen Khaled Abu Tayeh in the neighborhood of Ein Al-Luzeh. The structure is of 30m2 and is roofed by metal slaps.
Citizen Khaled told Land Research Center the following: " I built this structure 10 years ago by bricks and roofed it with metal slaps to total 30m2 in area. Two years ago, employees from the occupation's municipality arrived at the location, photographed the workshop and delivered me a demolition order on it. Six months ago, other employees came back again and delivered me a final demolition order. On July 19, 2016, dozers arrived and carried out the demolition operation, destroying the source of income of my 12 member family including 5 children"
Photos 3-5: the workshop of Khaled Abu Tayeh
Citizen Mohammad Abu Tayeh was forced, by the occupation's municipality, to self-demolish his residential room that he built in the yard of his house. The room is made of wood and is of 30m2 in area. The occupation's municipality arrived at the location on July 15, 2016 and delivered the owner a demolition order after photographing the structure. If the owner fails to self-demolish his structure, the municipality demolishes the structure and bills the expenses to the owner in addition to imposing high fines on him. This what pushed Abu Tayeh to dismantle his room, fearing the consequences of the municipality's order.
Photo 6: the wooden room of Khaled Abu Tayeh
In the town of Beit Hanina, north Occupied Jerusalem, the dozers of the occupation demolished the foundations of an under construction residence in the neighborhood of Tal Al-Ful. The 100m2 house is roofed by metal slaps and owned by citizen Sharhabeel Ali.
Citizen Sharhabeel told Land Research Center the following: " I built the foundations three years ago on an area of 100m2. I was planning to move in to my future house with my nine member family including 7 children. On July 19, 2016 dozers of the occupation's municipality demolished the foundations without any previous warning".
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