Local sources said that the Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Tulkarm late on Saturday evening, and violent clashes broke out between Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupation army, which penetrated into Tulkarm and the Nour Shams camp in the northern West Bank.

For its part, the Tulkarm Battalion, affiliated with the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, said that “its mujahideen are engaged in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the Nour Shams camp near Tulkarm.”

The brigades added that they targeted the occupation forces with explosive devices, which led to the damage of many heavy military vehicles storming the camp and causing confirmed casualties among their ranks.

For its part, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Rapid Response said that "its mujahideen participated in confronting the occupation forces' storming of Nour Shams camp."

It added that its members fired a barrage of bullets and detonated high-explosive devices in the occupation vehicles that stormed the camp.

Palestine TV said, "The occupation army sent in more military reinforcements and began imposing a siege on Nour Shams camp."

The television published a video clip showing a bulldozer and military vehicles heading to the city, and another video clip showing the sounds of gunfire.

Eyewitnesses confirmed that the resistance fighters targeted a foot force of the occupation army with an explosive device in Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp, and they also targeted occupation vehicles with high-explosive devices.

On the other hand, the occupation forces arrested a number of citizens and deployed snipers in several buildings in the city and the Nour Shams camp.