Occupied Jerusalem- Today, Monday, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 7 Palestinian commercial establishments in the Shuafat refugee camp, north of the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Eyewitnesses told Tel Aviv Tribune Net that the occupation forces, accompanied by bulldozers, “today dawn demolished 7 commercial businesses in the Shuafat camp at once without warning.”
Witnesses stated that the residents were surprised by the storming of the camp, besieging the targeted facilities, and then initiating the demolition process without allowing the owners of the facilities to extract goods, equipment, and collectibles from inside them.
The targeted establishments include 4 stores selling building materials, a grocery store, a restaurant, and a café.
For its part, the Wadi Hilweh Human Rights Information Center in Jerusalem said that the Israeli forces closed the military checkpoint linking the Shuafat refugee camp to the city of Jerusalem and obstructed the exit of residents and students to their jobs and schools within the city.
With the construction of the separation wall around Jerusalem, the occupation isolated the Shuafat camp outside the city, like a number of Jerusalemite villages in its vicinity.
In the town of Al-Issawiya, northeast of Jerusalem, the center said that Israeli municipality crews distributed demolition orders for a number of homes and orders to stop construction of other homes.
According to data from the Jerusalem Governorate, the occupation forces carried out 339 demolition operations in the governorate since the start of the aggression against Gaza on October 7, 2023, until yesterday, Sunday.
