Israeli settlers, backed by Israeli police and accompanied by Member of Israeli Knesset Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionism), and head of the extremist Jewish settlement organization Ateret Cohanim, stormed Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and threatened three Palestinian families that they will be forcibly expelled from their homes within one month.

Settlers stormed the neighborhood in a provocative manner and attempted to raid three houses belonging to the Diab, al-Kurd, and Qassim families, and threatened to forcibly expel them from their homes within one month.

Palestinians fended off the settlers, provoking a scuffle.

Dozens of Palestinian families in Shaikh Jarrah are facing the imminent threat of forcible expulsion from their homes for the benefit of Israeli settlers.