Izraelci pokračují v bourání a nutí Palestince, aby si domy sami bourali

Israeli forces on Monday demolished a half-built home in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem, while residents were forced to demolish another home there following an Israeli order.

Israeli forces stormed the Ras al-Amoud area of Silwan and tore down a home under construction belonging to Suleiman Abu Qalbein and Ali Abu Swayy, relatives told Ma'an.

They said the home, which measured 200 square meters, was demolished without prior notice.

Meanwhile, the family of Suleiman Abu Qalbein tore down its own home in the same area after the Jerusalem municipality delivered an order giving them 24 hours to demolish the structure or incur the costs of its demolition.

The family told Ma'an that the building's walls were built of brick and the roof of tin. They began the demolition manually on Sunday, and brought in an excavator on Monday to finish the process.

Silwan is one of many Palestinian neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem that is seeing an influx of Israeli settlers at the cost of home demolitions and the eviction of Palestinian families.

Last year, the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department slammed what it termed Israel's "systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians" in Silwan.

The department said that Israeli policies "in Silwan aim not only to alter the historic character of the area and to consolidate Israeli control over the Old City of Jerusalem ... but also contribute to the systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem."

At least 29 Palestinian homes were demolished in occupied East Jerusalem in 2015, leaving 29 Palestinians homeless, according to Israeli rights group B'Tselem.

Nearly 579 homes have been destroyed in the city over the last twelve years, leaving 2,133 Palestinians homeless in total, the group reported.