In the Al-Saadiya neighborhood of the Old City of occupied Al-Quds, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) coerced a Jerusalemite to self-demolish his home.
Local sources confirmed that the occupation troops informed the civilian that they would be destroying his home and that if he did not pay a substantial fine, they would destroy the home, compelling the citizen to destroy it on his own.
It is important to note that the Palestinian buildings destroyed by the occupation since 2009 have reached 8764 houses, which resulted in the displacement of thousands of Palestinians, according to the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Under a variety of pretexts, most notably "non-licensing," the occupation continues to destroy Palestinian people's homes and businesses in order to advance its objectives of colonization.