18 Jerusalemites wounded, 17 detained during Israeli demolition of buildings

[ 06/11/2008 - 09:52 AM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)--

The Israeli occupation government on Wednesday demolished three Palestinian homes and a wedding hall in occupied eastern Jerusalem and wounded 18 citizens and arrested 17 others for protesting the demolition.

Local sources reported that a large number of Israeli occupation police and army troops stormed the Shu'afat suburb in eastern Jerusalem and knocked down two homes then tore down a third in Bustan neighborhood in Silwan village, south of the city, and destroyed a wedding hall in Beit Hanina in northern Jerusalem.

Dozens of citizens protested the act but were confronted by force on the part of the troops who escorted the bulldozers that flattened the buildings, the sources elaborated. They added that the step was taken in line with the Israeli attempt to judaize the occupied holy city.

The sources charged that the soldiers fired live bullets at the protesters injuring 18 of them and arrested 17 others.

They said that the IOA claimed that the buildings were leveled for lack of construction permits.

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