Israeli Authorities Continue Excavations and Tunnel Work Beneath Jerusalem’s Silwan

Israeli authorities are continuing excavations and tunnel construction beneath Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Settlement associations are also involved in the work, which forms part of projects being pursued beneath the neighbourhood.

The activity includes both digging and opening underground passages. The available information does not specify the extent of the excavations or the routes of the tunnels.

The projects are described as an effort to erase Jerusalem’s historic identity, though no further details were provided about their stated purpose or their impact on historic sites.