This article was originally published by IMEMC and is republished with permission.

The Israeli Jerusalem municipality and police demolished a Palestinian home located in the Wadi Al Joze neighborhood in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

The house, which was under construction, belonged to Abdullah Al Jabi. The municipality said that the house was built without documents, documents that have never been issued to those Palestinians living in the occupied city since 1967.

Al Jabi told IMEMC that a massive Israeli military force surrounded the neighborhood, forced the family out, and did not give them a chance to evacuate their belongings. Al Jabi added that he received no warning from the municipality before that attack.

Al Jabi is a Palestinian man who lives in Jerusalem with his family. He began building the house when he could no longer afford to pay rent.

There are approximately five illegal Jewish settlement posts around the city of Jerusalem that are deemed by the Israeli government as illegal. These posts have never been demolished and are receive round-the-clock protection from the Israeli military.