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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Mat Nashed

With all eyes on Gaza, Israel steps up demolitions of Palestinian homes

Israeli forces stand guard as machinery operates amid the ruins of a Palestinian house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, on January 19, 2022 [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

Occupied East Jerusalem – Fakhri Abu Diab had no time to pack his belongings when the Israeli authorities arrived on his doorstep in occupied East Jerusalem on February 14. The police first evicted his family and then ordered a bulldozer to demolish his home.

“All of my memories were in that house,” said Abu Diab, 62, who was born and raised in that home. “I even had a picture of my mother holding me as a child. It was hanging on our wall, but now it’s gone.”

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