PALESTINE
Sat 01 Feb 2025 9:35 am - Jerusalem Time
Israel continues its aggression on Tulkarm and its camp
The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the sixth consecutive day, causing great destruction to citizens’ properties, homes, and infrastructure, which led to the forced displacement of dozens of families.
In the city of Tulkarm, foot patrols of the occupation army roamed the streets of the city, especially in the western, southern and eastern neighborhoods, raided citizens’ homes, searched them and checked their identities. They also turned several residential and commercial buildings into military barracks and deployed snipers on their roofs.
Among these buildings are: Al-Adawiya Commercial Complex near the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, Al-Daw and Diab buildings in the city center, Al-Zahraa Building and the Agricultural Relief Building in the western neighborhood, and Al-Babaa Building in the vegetable market.
Eyewitnesses reported that the occupation forces stationed in the commercial buildings launched intensive filming drones throughout the night in the vegetable market area, while infantry soldiers stormed the western cemetery and carried out combing operations inside and around it.
A WAFA correspondent said that the occupation forces are carrying out search and combing operations in the city's neighborhoods, setting up ambushes between trees, houses and in the alleys, chasing citizens and vehicles and forcing them to return to their homes, while raiding shops in the eastern neighborhood after smashing their locks with heavy tools.
The occupation forces continue to besiege the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and the Israa Specialized Hospital, obstructing the work of ambulances and medical crews, subjecting them to searches, interrogating paramedics and detaining them.
In Tulkarm camp, the occupation forces continue to impose a tight siege on the camp, deploying their foot patrols in all its neighborhoods, and their snipers are on the tall buildings inside and around it.
Eyewitnesses told WAFA that the occupation forces continue to force citizens in the camp to leave their homes in the Al-Nadi, Al-Shuhada, Al-Ghanem, Al-Matar and Abu Al-Foul neighborhoods.
They added that these operations included destroying the contents of homes, blowing up a number of them, demolishing them and burning them, as a means of intimidating and pressuring citizens, under the pretext of searching for wanted persons.
This escalation, which has been ongoing for six days, comes amid extremely difficult humanitarian conditions that have been exacerbated by the destruction of basic facilities and infrastructure in the camp by the occupation bulldozers, and the accompanying power, water, communications and internet outages, as well as a shortage of food, medical supplies, drinking water and baby milk.
In addition, the efforts and initiatives of the Dignity and Relief Committee formed by Tulkarm Governor Abdullah Kamil continue to stand by the people of Tulkarm camp and support the families who were forced by the occupation to leave their homes.
Associations, centers and mosques in the city and its suburbs received dozens of displaced people from the camp and those who were stranded and unable to reach their countries and villages.
Share your opinion
Israel continues its aggression on Tulkarm and its camp