Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a new home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was set to begin married life.
Before the house could be completed, however, a group of Israeli settlers moved in and seized the property.
Video filmed earlier this week and verified by Reuters showed at least six settlers on the roof of the unfinished two-story house, which sits below a nearby hill.
Salameh said repeated appeals to the Israeli military and police went unanswered.
Now he fears the home is lost for good. He said other Palestinian homes in the area, many of them surrounded by Israeli settlements and smaller outposts, could face the same fate.
