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Israel demolishes more Palestinian homes

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Israeli forces have demolished two Palestinian-owned structures in East Jerusalem (al-Quds) as part of Tel Aviv’s efforts to increase the number of Jewish settlements there.

Palestinian sources say residents of a building in the Beit Hanina district were forcibly evicted before Israeli bulldozers demolished their home on Monday. The bulldozers then destroyed the foundations of another building in the region.

Israeli officials say the structures were built without permits.

According to an Israeli human rights group, authorities have demolished more than 420 Palestinian-owned buildings in East al-Quds since 2004.

Hatem Abdel Qader, an official responsible for al-Quds affairs in the Palestinian government, says Israel has ordered the demolition of more than 1,000 Palestinian homes since the start of this year, which means that the pace of destroying Palestinian homes in the city has increased in recent months despite worldwide condemnation.

While the Israeli municipality in al-Quds claims that the demolition orders are issued because the buildings lack permits, the residents argue that Israeli officials have either withheld the vital documents or refused to issue them.

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