Israeli forces demolish 5-story residential building in Abu Dis

[Jefferson23]

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces demolished three floors of a residential Palestinian building in Abu Dis overnight Sunday on the pretext that the owners lacked building permission, locals said.

Witnesses told Ma'an that five Israeli bulldozers accompanied by Israeli forces surrounded a five-story building in Abu Dis after midnight and began demolishing three floors at around 1:40 a.m.

Israeli forces closed all roads leading to the building before the demolition.

Owner Muatasim Adilah, a lecturer at Al-Quds University, said that Israeli forces ordered him and his family to leave the building without being allowed to remove any belongings.

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[Carlos Rodrigez]

1. Well it was about time.

This was a zoning violation, but persisted for years taking advantage of Israel's paranoia from world criticism.