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In Pictures: Palestinian home demolished in Sheikh Jarrah

Dozens of heavily armed officers broke into the house while the family was sleeping and assaulted them.

The ruins of the house demolished by Israeli forces in Sheik Jarrah neighbourhood.
The ruins of the house demolished by Israeli forces in Sheik Jarrah neighbourhood on Wednesday. [Zena Tahhan/Al Jazeera]
By Zena Al Tahhan
Published On 19 Jan 202219 Jan 2022
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Israeli police and special forces have destroyed the home of a Palestinian family in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem.

Dozens of Israeli officers violently raided the Salhiyeh home and cordoned off the surrounding area at 3am (01:00 GMT) on Wednesday, just days after the family tried to stave off the demolition by threatening to blow up the house.

Family members told Al Jazeera they were waken up by the heavily armed forces who cut off electricity to their home and fired tear gas canisters. Six members of the family, including the head of the household, Mahmoud Salhiyeh, were arrested in the raid.

“They pulled my father out of bed, beat him along with my brothers and cousins,” said Yasmeen Salhiyeh. “[The officers arrested them] without giving them the chance to put clothes on,” added the 19-year-old.

At least 280 Palestinian households in Jerusalem – comprising 970 people, including 424 children – are at risk of forced displacement by Israeli authorities, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The ruins of the house demolished by Israeli forces in Sheik Jarrah neighbourhood.
The demolition took place during a storm at dawn on Wednesday. [Zena Tahhan/Al Jazeera]
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A member of the Israeli border police stands guard at the site of a demolished house in the Sheikh Jarrah
A member of the Israeli border police stands guard at the site of a demolished house in occupied East Jerusalem. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]
A member of the Israeli forces stands by the ruins of a Palestinian house they demolished, in Sheikh Jarrah
Before dawn, Israeli officers went to the home of the Salhiyeh family, threatened with eviction since 2017 and the centre of an anti-expulsion campaign in the Palestinian territory and abroad, according to a video posted online by the police. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
The ruins of the house demolished by Israeli forces in Sheik Jarrah neighbourhood.
The Salhiyeh home was on the main street in the flashpoint neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, about one kilometre (half a mile) north of Jerusalem’s Old City walls. [Zena Tahhan/Al Jazeera]
The ruins of the house demolished by Israeli forces in Sheik Jarrah neighbourhood.
The Salhiyeh family home was made up of two households of 18 members, including three children. [Zena Tahhan/Al Jazeera]
Israeli forces stand guard as machinery clean the ruins of the Palestinian Salhiya family's house, in the Sheikh Jarrah
Israeli forces stand guard as machinery clears away the ruins of the Salhiyeh family's house. [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
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The ruins of the house demolished by Israeli forces in Sheik Jarrah neighbourhood.
Israeli forces initially attempted to demolish the house on Monday, but the family barricaded itself on the roof and threatened to blow it up rather than face displacement. [Zena Tahhan/Al Jazeera]


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