JERUSALEM, Friday, March 08, 2019 (WAFA) – The house of Mazen Eweda, a Palestinian citizen of the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, is facing an imminent threat of collapse as a result of ongoing excavations beneath his house and neighborhood by Israeli authorities and illegal settlers organizations, Eweda told WAFA.
He said his house sustained serious damages during the recent low pressure and the accompanying heavy rainfall and that cracks can be seen across his house. Eweda added that a landslide occurred in the floor of the house as a result of the excavations.
According to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, the underground digs by Israeli settler organizations in that area without any consideration for the safety of the Palestinian families living there have posed a serious threat to the entire neighborhood.
Citizens of Silwan have expressed fear that the ongoing excavations by settlers are intentional and tolerated by the municipality and government as a prelude to evacuate the Palestinians from their homes, under the pretext they were not safe to live in to eventually take over their homes and replace them with the settlers.
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