An-Najah News - Fakhri Abu Diab, member of the Silwan Defense Committee said that the Israeli municipality in West Jerusalem has issued demolition notices against 13 inhabited Palestinian houses in Silwan.

The municipality ordered the demolition of the houses under the pretext they were built without a permit but Israel considers Silwan as the City of David and is in a rush to turn it into an Israeli Jewish neighborhood after expelling its Palestinian residents.

it should be noted  that there are also unauthorized houses taken over and illegally inhabited by Israeli settlers in the same area but did not receive demolition orders.

The houses were built over 10 years ago and are inhabited by 76 people, mostly children and women.