In pictures: House demolition in East Jerusalem

Israeli police and an army batallion destroyed an apartment in the Silwan neighbourhood of East Jerusalem in the early hours of this morning.

The apartment had been the home of Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi, the Palestinian accused of launching a "terror" attack by driving his car into a group of pedestrians on 22 October.

The flat was on the third floor of an old apartment block in the centre of the neighbourhood - the family had been given 48 hours to vacate the property.

The house of Shaludi's uncle, who lives on the floor above, was also raided.

"The police came into my apartment and searched it. They took some money I had hidden in my house," the man told MEE on Wednesday morning.

"I am Abdel Rahman's uncle, but we just want to live and work. We are not connected to what he did."

Rubble caused by explosives placed in the flat fell onto the street below, flattening a neighbour's car.