Jerusalemite human rights groups have warned that around one third of the population in the Shiyah suburb in central occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) is threatened with displacement.
They said following a meeting with inhabitants of the suburb that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) controlled municipality of Al-Quds had issued orders for the demolition of 100 buildings in Shiyah that provide shelter for 4,000 citizens out of the total 15,000 inhabitants of the suburb.
Quds Press quoted Palestinians in the suburb as saying that the municipality was also trying to control land near Shiyah in order expand the nearby Jewish cemetery.
They said that the municipality was targeting the suburb in view of its strategic importance in the demographic balance in Al-Quds.

In a related context, Two teenagers and three journalists were injured in clashes between residents and Israeli forces at the Shu'fat Refugee Camp on Tuesday evening, northern occupied East Al-Quds.

Medics at the scene said that Ahmad Al-Hawas, 14, was shot in the leg and Naser Abu Asab, 15, was moderately injured after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers.

Additionally, medics said that three journalists were injured whilst covering the confrontations, identifying them as Ata Oeisat, Mahmoud Elian of the Al-Quds newspaper and Ahmad Gharabli from the French News Agency.

The latest injuries follow confrontations between school children and border guards at the Shu'fat military checkpoint earlier on Tuesday, leading to the detention of a 15-year-old and the injury of a soldier, witnesses said.

The clash followed a series of overnight raids where border guards handed out dozens of notices for residents to turn themselves in for questioning at Israeli intelligence compounds in Al-Quds. The raids came directly on the heels of an arrest campaign targeting dozens of Palestinian residents of the camp.

The teen detained in the most recent clashes was identified as Ahmad Jamil Abu Hamda, who was on his way to school when the clashes erupted.

Agencies/Ab