RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Jerusalem – 01 September, 2021. Palestinian family set inside a tent near their house's rubble owned by Oqab Jaabis which was demolished by decision of Israeli forces, in Jerusalem.

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STORYLINE:

The Jaabis family has been living for days inside pieces of cloth erected in place of the rubble of their house that was demolished by a decision of the Israel.

The family does not have a tent to set up in the place, which forced them to set up pieces of cloth to protect them from the scorching sun.

The children of the family have been sleeping for days in the place, feeling the fear of stray dogs in light of the return to schools and education.

The family demands the provision of a tent to accommodate the children after they were displaced as a result of the demolition of their home.

On Sunday, the young Jerusalemite Oqab Jaabis demolished his house in the village of Jabal Al-Mukabber, with his own hands, under the pretext of building without a permit.

The young man, Oqab Jaabis, explained that the municipality issued its decision to demolish the house, and obliged him to implement the decision, otherwise the bulldozers would do so, and he had to pay the "demolition fee."

Jaabis explained that his house is a "residential container and a tin room", in which he has lived with his family for seven years, and despite that, the municipality pursued him for the house and forced him to demolish it.

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