The facade was heavily damaged and on August 1, 2006, the city issued a demolition order.

The demolition order was challenged by the owner, who took the case to the High Court.

The State committed evacuation of the buildings and carry out the demolition orders within one year.

The government declined to issue a demolition order on the house, as the owners agreed to remedy the problem.

In 2007 the Israeli authorities served demolition orders on six of the centre's buildings.

After that it was simply a matter of sorting out the paperwork and waiting for the demolition order to be cleared.

Nine of the police implementing the demolition order were also injured.

City officials watched as the rusted girders began to come down, along with an old building that was not included in the demolition order.

The homeowners, served with demolition orders on Sunday, had no chance to appeal.

However on 9 October the demolition order was extended to include all governmental buildings with the exception of hospitals.