Israeli authorities demolished a 13-apartment residential building in the neighborhood of Silwan’s Wadi Qaddum on Monday, displacing approximately 100 Palestinian residents, according to witnesses.

The operation, carried out by municipal crews under Israeli police protection, saw a security cordon imposed around the Wadi Qaddum area.

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Witnesses reported that police officers physically assaulted several Palestinians who had gathered near the site in an attempt to disperse them.

Palestinian and international human rights groups have long accused Tel Aviv’s regime of systematically denying building permits to Palestinians in East Jerusalem while fast-tracking construction for Israeli settlers—a policy described as part of a deliberate effort to alter the city’s demographic makeup.

Israeli forces stormed parts of occupied Jerusalem and demolished a residential building in the eastern part of the occupied Jerusalem, firing stun grenades and tear gas during the military raid.

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— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 22, 2025

Settlement Expansion and Displacement

Monday’s demolition aligns with what critics describe as a sustained campaign of displacement and home destruction in the occupied West Bank, alongside accelerated settlement growth.

On December 21, Israel’s security cabinet approved the establishment of 19 new settlements in the territory—a move Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich admitted as intentionally obstructing the formation of a Palestinian state.

Settlement approvals in 2024–2025 reached record levels since the United Nations began monitoring in 2017.

Rising Victims

Since October 2023, Israeli military operations in the West Bank have left at least 1,000 Palestinians dead. Demolitions and raids have forcibly displaced between 29,000 and 40,000 residents.

Additionally, more than 8,600 Palestinians—including at least 50 children—are currently detained in the West Bank, according to data recorded through December 18.

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