Israeli authorities demolish three residential buildings in East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities demolished three residential buildings in Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu news agency is reporting, citing one of the owners.

Fakhri Abu Diab said that Israeli authorities cited a lack of building permit for demolishing the three buildings, which contained eight residential apartments.

“Our neighborhood is targeted by the Israeli occupation to build a Jewish project on the ruins of our homes and to displace the Palestinians from east Jerusalem," Diab told Anadolu, adding that "dozens of homes" inhabited by about 1,550 Palestinians in the neighbourhood are currently under demolition orders.