By KUNA,
Ramallah : Several Palestinians were injured on Monday as they tried to prevent demolition of a house in Beit Hanina in Jerusalem, sources said.
The Palestinian sources in Jerusalem said Israeli Army forces besieged the house of Majed Abe-isha in Biet Hanina.
Protesters trying to prevent a demolition were later attacked and injured, including Hatim Abdul-Qader, the advisor of president Mahmoud Abbas for Jerusalem Affairs.
The protestors spent the night and performed the Dawn Prayer (Fajer) around the house to stop the Israeli bulldozers, the sources added.
Israeli troops brought in huge trucks and collected all that was to be found inside the house and sealed the area, declaring it a military zone, and they also demolished parts of the building.
The troops finally brought down the building that sheltered five families, claming that it was “unlicensed”, said the sources.
Meanwhile, Israeli authorities make issue of construction licenses very complicated in Jerusalem, forcing the residents of the holy city to re-locate elsewhere.
On his part, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared, Sunday, during the Israeli cabinet meeting that a demolition campaign is launched to clear the city of Palestinian activists.