JERUSALEM: Israeli bulldozers tore through a four-story residential building in east Jerusalem on Monday, displacing scores of Palestinians in what activists said was the largest such demolition in the area this year.
The building, located in the Silwan neighborhood near the Old City, comprised a dozen apartments housing approximately 100 people, many of them women, children and elderly residents.
It was the latest in a series of buildings to be torn down as Israeli officials target what they describe as unauthorized structures in annexed east Jerusalem.
“The demolition is a tragedy for all residents,” Eid Shawar, who lives in the building, told AFP.
“They broke down the door while we were asleep and told us we could only change our clothes and take essential papers and documents,” said the father of five.
