PALESTINE
Sat 08 Feb 2025 7:02 pm - Jerusalem Time
Tubas Governor: 400 Palestinians displaced due to Israeli aggression on Far'a camp in the West Bank
A Palestinian official confirmed on Saturday that about 400 Palestinians were displaced from the Far'a refugee camp south of the city of Tubas in the northern West Bank, on the seventh day of the Israeli aggression on the camp.
Tubas and Northern Jordan Valley Governor Ahmad Al-Asaad said, "About 400 Palestinians from the Far'a camp have been displaced so far" amid the ongoing Israeli military operation.
He added: "The occupation forces have allocated what they call a safe passage, set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the camp, and summoned citizens in groups."
Al-Asaad added: “Each group consists of five people, and they search them, check their identities, and arrest some of them. Today, they even shot at them and injured a displaced person with bullets.”
The Palestinian official continued: "Hundreds of citizens have been crowding in the corridor since the morning, waiting to be checked."
He pointed out that there are "circumstances that force residents to leave, including bulldozing homes, storming them, shooting in them, and spreading terror among residents."
Al-Asaad pointed out that "water has been cut off for the seventh consecutive day for the camp's residents, estimated at about 8,000 people."
As for the fate of the displaced from the camp, Al-Asaad confirmed that “schools have been opened in the city of Tubas and apartments have been rented for the displaced, while some are seeking refuge with relatives outside the camp.”
He stated that the Israeli occupation army "continues its aggression on the Far'a camp, causing great destruction to the infrastructure and electricity and water networks."
According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the number of registered residents of the Far’a camp is about 11,000, who come “from 30 villages in the northeastern areas of Jaffa,” whose inhabitants were displaced with the establishment of Israel in 1948.
Earlier on Saturday, the Israeli army withdrew all its forces from the town of Tamoun, south of Tubas Governorate, after 7 days of storming it and imposing a ban on movement and travel there.
On January 21, the Israeli army launched a military aggression on the northern West Bank, starting with the city of Jenin, its camp, and surrounding towns, which led to the killing of 25 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Then the Israeli army expanded its aggression to the city of Tulkarm on January 27, where 5 Palestinians were martyred, while on February 2, it began another operation in the town of Tamoun and the Far’a camp in the Tubas governorate.
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Tubas Governor: 400 Palestinians displaced due to Israeli aggression on Far'a camp in the West Bank