Members of Qaraeen family self-demolished their house in Silwan following an order by the occupation municipality and to avoid paying expensive demolition costs.
Qaraeen family explained that they started demolishing a residential apartment on Saturday morning using hand-demolition tools following an order made by the occupation municipality which recently raided the property several times.
The family added that the municipality gave them until the end of February to execute the self-demolition or they will use their bulldozers to demolish it and charge the family for the expenses.
Qaraeen family explained that the property was established nearly 7 years ago and is 65 square meters and consists of one room and its facilities.
