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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) – Israeli bulldozers demolished a car dealership in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem and an apartment in Shufat refugee camp allegedly built without a permit, residents said.

The owner of the car dealership, Muhamad al-Julani, said he was shocked when he received a call from the Israeli side informing him that he had to remove 65 cars from the site ahead of the demolition.

Israeli troops surrounded the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood at 5:30 a.m. accompanied with dogs and bulldozers preparing to demolish the dealership, a Ma'an correspondent observed.

He added that the owner was removing cars from the site.

Julani told Ma’an that he tried to get a permit for three years. His case is pending in the court and he is "totally shocked" by the decision to demolish the site without informing him officially.

Meanwhile bulldozers in Shufat demolished an apartment that was allegedly built without a permit.

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