Jerusalem News Agency - Sources

Jerusalemite activists launched calls for presence and support in the town of Jabal Mukaber, south of occupied Jerusalem, today, Sunday, to confront the demolition massacre after the occupation authorities informed several homes of the need to evacuate them because they would demolish them. The occupation court, this evening, Saturday, notified six Jerusalemites to evacuate their homes in the town of Jabal Mukaber, south of Jerusalem. In preparation for its demolition.

The occupation forces in occupied Jerusalem called on the owners of five houses in Jabal Mukaber to evacuate them in preparation for their demolition tomorrow, Sunday.

The lawyer for the families of Jabal Mukaber, Raed Bashir, said that the occupation had notified that 5 houses in the town be evacuated in preparation for their demolition tomorrow, Sunday. They belong to the citizens: Ibrahim Bashir, Adham Bashir, Zaid Bashir, Othman Owaisat, and Ihab Al-Husseini, pointing out that the Al-Hussaini citizen had already begun evacuating his house.

Earlier yesterday evening, the occupation forces gave the family of the martyr Hussein Khaled Qaraqe until 11 p.m. to vacate their house, after the occupation authorities decided to close it.

Confrontations broke out between young men and the occupation forces in the vicinity of Qaraqe’s house in the town of Al-Tur, east of Jerusalem. The towns of occupied Jerusalem witnessed steadfastness and defiance against the fierce demolition attack against citizens’ homes, which included a strike and civil disobedience in Jabal Al-Mukaber and Shuafat Anata. The town of Jabal Al-Mukaber, inhabited by more than 21,000 Palestinians, witnessed... Dozens of its residents were arrested in daily confrontations with the occupation forces, which target citizens’ homes with gas bombs and bullets.

According to the follow-up committee in Jabal Mukaber, 800 housing units are threatened with demolition in the town by the occupation authorities.

 The occupation municipality plans to demolish 800 housing units in Jabal Mukaber, in exchange for building commercial centers and 500 housing units within shared buildings containing several families.

The follow-up committee warned of the occupation’s plan, which in the future will deprive the people of Jabal Mukaber of urban expansion, and will force young people to leave the towns of Jerusalem to the vicinity of the city in order to obtain housing.

The occupation has been seeking to displace the residents of Jabal al-Mukaber for years, threatening the residents with demolition and selling their lands to the occupation and the American street plan. The Israeli occupation forces have escalated demolition violations against citizens’ homes and facilities in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Information Center “Ma’ta” monitored 43 demolition operations carried out by the occupation forces against Palestinian homes and homes in the West Bank and Jerusalem since the beginning of 2023, including 10 in occupied Jerusalem.