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Israeli forces destroy home in East Jerusalem

Published January 20th, 2015 - 09:05 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Israeli forces stormed the East Jerusalem town of al-Isawiya before dawn Tuesday and demolished a Palestinian house allegedly being built without a license from the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem. 

Member of a local monitoring committee in the town told Ma'an that large numbers of Israeli troops and police officers stormed the al-Thahra neighborhood in the center of al-Isawiya at 4 a.m. and deployed in alleys as three bulldozers started to demolish a house under construction belonging to Osama Ribhi Dari. 

Muhammad Abu al-Hummus added that the owner started to build the house which measures 200 square meters ten months ago before the Jerusalem municipality ordered him to stop work. 

Abu al-Hummus added that Israeli troops who deployed heavily in the town provoked locals on their way to work in the morning. As a result, young men clashed with the soldiers who fired tear-gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets in all directions injuring a lady with a rubber-coated bullet. 

The Israeli soldiers also apprehended a young man after beating him violently, added Abu al-Hummus. 

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