On Tuesday, January 4, 2022, the Israeli military bulldozers demolished a medical centre and a Palestinian-owned house in Occupied Jerusalem.
Local sources said that Israeli bulldozers, accompanied by large numbers of police forces, stormed Jabal Mukaber town southeast of Jerusalem and demolished the Abdullah Al-Sheikh Medical Centre.
Ghassan Jalajel, director of the centre, said the building was torn down without notice despite an appeal previously submitted to Israeli courts against the demolition order.
He said half of the centre, which serves 20,000 people living in the neighbourhood, was demolished.
The demolition of the centre took place despite an appeal submitted against it.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces demolished a house belonging to Atta Jaafra, in the town of Jabal Mukaber, under the pretext of being built without an Israeli permit.
11 members of Jaafra family were left homeless after the demolition process.
The Israeli forces also demolished another two-story house belonging to the Al-Rajabi family in Beit Hanina.
After the top section of the two-story building was destroyed, the demolition was halted when the family obtained a court order putting a stop to the demolition.
Along the same line, Israeli forces stormed Al-Za’im town, east of Occupied Jerusalem, and demolished a Palestinian facility and razed Palestinian-owned lands at the entrance to the town.
A number of agricultural facilities were also demolished in Issawiya town, while agricultural lands were levelled by Israeli bulldozers.
Israeli authorities regularly carry out demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes and businesses in the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, under the pretext that they are buildings without permits.
Palestinian construction permits are rarely approved by Israeli authorities.
Last week, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a new report documenting the Israeli human rights violations and said that the number of Palestinian homes and structures demolished or seized, and people displaced in 2021 represents an increase of 21 and 28% respectively, compared with the equivalent figures in 2020.
More than 850 Palestinian homes and structures were destroyed by Israel in 2021, including 160 units in occupied Jerusalem, according to rights groups.
The demolitions last year displaced around 900 people, including 463 minors.
