JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Israeli officials in Jerusalem carried out the area's second demolition in as many days early on Tuesday morning, in the Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of the Old City.

Witnesses said that bulldozers arrived in the residential area at 4:30 a.m. and demolished a 125-square-meter house, which owner Nayif Uweida said was built in 2000.

Neighborhood residents watching the demolition said homes adjacent to Uweida's were damaged during the destruction.

A spokesperson for the municipality could not be reached for comment by phone.

Friends of Uweida said it was the third home he owned to be demolished, with the first in the area of Shu'fat in 2008, and a second agricultural building in Beit Hanina in 2009.

On Monday, Israeli authorities demolished part of a Palestinian home near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, following a six-year legal dispute. The owner of the home said the court conditioned his building license on submitting a plan for the surrounding area, which he could not afford.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces demolished 11 structures in the At-Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem, which authorities said were constructed without permits.

Palestinians say it is virtually impossible to secure Israeli permission to build in East Jerusalem.