The Israeli authorities on Sunday morning demolished a Palestinian home in Ramla city in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948.
Local residents said several bulldozers accompanied by a large police force entered the city and demolished a Palestinian home under construction for allegedly being unlicensed.
They added that the Israeli police threw a cordon around the area and prevented Palestinian citizens from approaching the demolished building.
Tension prevailed in the city following the demolition which falls in line with a stepped up demolition campaign in Ramla led by the Israeli municipality.
The Palestinians in the 1948 occupied territories who make up about 20% of the population there suffer from racial discrimination by official and non-official Israeli authorities especially in the fields of housing and employment.
