The Israeli occupation authorities demolished 51 Palestinian structures during the month of August displacing 85 people, many of them children under 18 years of age, said the Wadi Hilweh Information Center.

It said in its monthly report on Israeli measures against the Palestinian population of Jerusalem that the Israeli occupation municipality of West Jerusalem escalated in August its demolition policy targeting dozens of Palestinian homes and facilities in East Jerusalem in an unprecedented manner and under the pretext of building without a permit.

The centre said it had monitored the demolition of 51 facilities in East Jerusalem, most of which were inhabited housing units, including 36 housing units, part of one house, five commercial establishments, two house foundations, and seven agricultural shacks.

It added that 27 of the demolitions were self-destroyed by their owners under pressure from the municipality, while the rest were demolished by the occupation municipality.

The demolitions were concentrated in Silwan, with 16 facilities, and 13 facilities in Jabal al Mukaber, most of which were homes and housing units.

The center stated that the demolitions left more than 85 people homeless, most of them children under the age of 18.