Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian house in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday morning, witnesses said, before dismantling the foundation of another home in the same area.
Both structures were in the Al-Marwaha and Ash-Ashqariyya neighborhood of the town of Beit Hanina, they added.
Israeli forces arrived with bulldozers and besieged the At-Taleiqi family home on before forcibly evicting the five family members who were inside, onlookers told Ma'an.
Residents watched as Israeli troops assaulted Amjad At-Taleiqi, the owner of the 70-sqaure meter house, when he attempted to resist the demolition of home.
The man's hands were bound until the house was demolished, they said.
The family had reportedly received a warrant from Israeli authorities a year earlier informing them the house would be demolished because it was built without a permit from the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality.
Officials from the UN's Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, were reportedly on the scene.
After the two demolitions in Beit Hanina, Israeli bulldozers headed toward the town of Hizma, where more homes and foundations were expected to be demolished, according to witnesses.
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