Israeli occupation forces demolished an apartment in a residential building today in the neighborhood of Sur Baher, south of occupied Jerusalem, according to local sources.

According to the sources, the Israeli occupation forces demolished an apartment belonging to Jihad Atwan, a local Palestinian citizen, situated on the third floor of his family’s building, citing unauthorized construction as a pretext for the demolition.

The Israeli occupation forces had earlier stormed the neighborhood, imposing a lockdown around the targeted building before initiating the demolition of the apartment.

The demolition in Sur Baher is part of a broader pattern of racist Israeli measures in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank, where Palestinians face frequent threats of eviction, land confiscation, and the demolition of their homes under Israeli military occupation.

The systematic displacement of Palestinian families remains an everyday dilemma for Palestinians living under the colonial Israeli occupation regime, drawin
g international condemnation for violating human rights and international law.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA