The dozers of Israeli' occupation municipality demolished on March 13, 2017 a residence in the village of Silwan owned by Mohammad Amin Abu Saleh under the "unlicensed construction"

Abu Saleh explained that the occupation forces along with bulldozers raided the two rooms on Tuesday afternoon and surrounded them from all directions before proceeding with the demolition operation which came without prior notice.

Abu Saleh added that the establishment consists of two rooms (nearly 50 square meters). One room was established 20 years ago while the second one was annexed later ; it is built from bricks and roofed with tin plates.

Abu Saleh also added that his son Mohamamd intended to move into the two rooms with his family (3 individuals).

Five days before the demolition operation, an officer from Israel police called the affected person and informed him to demolish the structure before the municipality carries out the process and serves him a violation fine. Five days later, the house was demolished without prior warning.

Land Research Center LRC sees that demolitions contradict with all the International conventions and Humanitarian laws including:

Article 17 of the (1948) Universal Declaration of Human Rights stating: “Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.”

Section ‹G› of article 23 of the (1907) The Hague Conventions asserting: “In addition to the prohibitions provided by special Conventions, it is especially forbidden to destroy or seize the enemy's property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war.”

Article 53 of the Geneva Fourth Convention (1948) declaring: “Any destruction by the Occupying Power of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, or to the State, or to other public authorities, or to social or cooperative organizations, is prohibited, except where such destruction is rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.”

Section 1, Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966): “The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions.

This case study is part of Kan'aan Project