Largest number of people displaced in single demolition in East Jerusalem: UN-Xinhua
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The demolition by Israeli authorities of a residential building in East Jerusalem on Tuesday displaced the largest number of people in one demolition since 2009, UN humanitarians said. According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), its partners said that 69 people, over half of them children, were living in the structure in the At Tur area of East Jerusalem. "The UN and its partners visited the area, and families there said that Israeli forces had prevented them from retrieving their belongings, which were left buried under the rubble," said OCHA. The office said its partners assessed people's immediate needs and determined they were eligible to receive rent support and essential items. "So far this year, Israeli a...