Israeli settlers take over home in Jerusalem’s Silwan

Settlers take over an apartment in Palestinian neighbourhood as the Jerusalem municipality hands out demolition orders.

Occupied East Jerusalem – Israeli settlers from the Elad settler group have taken over a Palestinian home in the Silwan neighbourhood, south of the Old City of Jerusalem.

The second-floor apartment, located in the Wadi al-Rababa area of Silwan, a Palestinian neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, was home to Nidal Froukh and his family.

His brother Bilal owns the property, having purchased it from his father in 1989, the Silwan-based Wadi Helweh Information Center told Al Jazeera.