Israel demolishes four-storey building in east Jerusalem
Israeli bulldozers have demolished a residential building in East Jerusalem, displacing dozens of Palestinians. Activists called it the largest such demolition in the area this year.
The building, containing 13 apartments, was in the Wadi Qaddum neighbourhood of the Silwan district, south of Jerusalem’s Old City. Residents were told the demolition order was issued because the building had been constructed without a permit.
The Jerusalem governorate, affiliated with the Palestinian Authority, condemned the demolition and said that Israel has undertaken roughly 370 such operations in the city this year alone.
“The building’s destruction is part of a systematic policy aimed at forcibly displacing Palestinian residents and emptying the city of its original inhabitants,” the governorate said in a statement.
Heavy machinery operates as Israeli forces demolish a residential building where Palestinian families lived, near the Silwan neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, December 22
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a West Bank teen they say ‘hurled a block.’ Video shows them shooting him point blank
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/middleeast/israeli-soldiers-west-bank-teen-killed-latam-intl
The Israeli military said it shot dead a Palestinian “suspected of hurling a block” at soldiers on Saturday during an operation in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya.
Video reviewed by CNN shows a soldier shooting the teen when he is just feet away. In an earlier statement, the military did not use the word “suspected,” and said the person “hurled a block toward the soldiers.”
The Palestinian was identified as 16-year-old Rayan Muhammad Abdul Qader Abu Mualla by the Ministry of Health, citing the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs (PGACA), who said his body is still being held by Israel after he was killed in the Al-Sab’aneh neighborhood in Qabatiya.
A 26-second security camera video shared on social media and geolocated by CNN to Al-Sab’aneh, shows what appears to be the moment Israeli troops shot Abu Mualla.
In the video, a person walks down an alley towards two helmeted soldiers crouched partially behind a corner. The person is just about to reach the corner when one soldier raises his rifle and fires at point blank range, causing the person to collapse backwards.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in its initial statement that its soldiers had been attacked by a “terrorist.” The video shows the 18 seconds before the shooting, in which time nothing appears to be thrown from the alley the Palestinian teenager comes from. His left hand, however, is obscured. It was not immediately clear who captured the footage, who initially released it, or what happened before the video begins.
On Saturday, the Israeli news site Ynet published what it says is a photo of Abu Mualla’s left hand clutching a chunk of concrete, taken after his death. CNN could not verify whether the photo is of the same person in the security footage.
So he got shot point blank range and held on to a chunk of concrete? How stupid do they think people are.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that Israeli troops blocked its emergency workers from reaching the scene of the shooting. A set of videos geolocated by CNN show an ambulance, with its emergency lights on, stopped about 650 feet away from the site of the shooting.
Asked for comment on the video and the allegation that emergency workers were blocked from reaching Abu Mualla, the IDF said: “Yesterday (Saturday), a Palestinian suspected of hurling a block at IDF soldiers was shot. The incident is under review.”
Under review meaning, don't bother asking any more questions, nothing will come from it.
