The Israeli occupation authorities on Monday forced a Palestinian citizen from the city of Kafr Qasem in the occupied Palestinian territories in 1948 to self-demolish his house.

The citizen was forced to demolish the house while it was under construction, in order to avoid the heavy fines that the occupation authorities threatened to impose on him if they demolished it themselves.

The occupation authorities claimed to impose the demolition of the unlicensed building of the house, which is the pretext they invoke in targeting Palestinian homes in the occupied Palestinian territories in 1948.

The towns of the occupied Palestinian territories in 1948 witnessed an escalation in the demolition of homes, shops, and industrial workshops under the pretext of not having a permit.