Day 291 Jerusalem during “Al-Aqsa Flood” Operation
On the 291st day of "Al-Aqsa Flood Operation", the occupation authorities carried out demolitions and arrests in the city of Jerusalem, and hundreds of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa to commemorate the "Fast of the Seventh of July" according to the Hebrew calendar.
Demolitions and raids
Municipality crews, accompanied by special forces and police, raided neighborhoods in the city of Jerusalem, and carried out a demolition operation of agricultural and animal facilities, and forced the Kabaja family to self-demolish their home.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center - Jerusalem explained that the demolitions were carried out in: At-Tur, Jabal Al-Mukabber, and Silwan.
The center added that the municipality forced the Kabaja family to self-demolish their home while it was under construction.
Ihab Karajah explained that they started building 10 months ago, and two floors were built, and during that time the municipality issued a decision to demolish them, rejecting the licensing procedures, and threatening to impose financial fines on the family.
He added that they were forced to implement the demolition decision to avoid paying a financial fine "demolition fee to the municipality and its accompanying crews."
In Silwan, the forces stormed the Ein Al-Lozeh and Wadi Qaddoum neighborhoods, and carried out a demolition operation on a farm belonging to the Salaymeh family that had been in existence for 3 years, and demolished iron poles belonging to the Abu Tayeh family, after the family implemented a decision last weekend to demolish its warehouse in the area. Bulldozers also demolished an agricultural room in Jabal Al-Mukabber.
Also, the demolition of a commercial facility in Wadi al-Joz neighborhood continued.
Al-Aqsa Mosque… Extensive raids
342 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Dung Gate, on the anniversary of the so-called "Demolition of the Walls of Jerusalem - the Fast of the Seventh of July" according to the Hebrew calendar, during the morning and afternoon incursion periods.
The settlers launched a slogan for the daily raids, which is "Stop crying and start building", in an explicit and public call for actual work to build the alleged temple and demolish the Dome of the Rock.
The settlers performed prayers for the "Fast of the Seventh of July" according to the Hebrew calendar.
The settlers also performed their prayers at the gates of Al-Aqsa from the outside.
The forces arrested a young woman from Al-Aqsa, during the settlers' raids.
Raids... Arrests... Checkpoints
The forces continued their raids on towns and neighborhoods in Jerusalem, setting up checkpoints and subjecting young men to searches, in addition to stopping and searching vehicles.
In the morning, the forces arrested 4 young men from Issawiya and Silwan.
