The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 45th consecutive day, and on the Nour Shams camp for the 32nd day, amid an unprecedented military escalation that includes heavy reinforcements, a tight siege, and widespread house raids, including arrests and the forced displacement of citizens at gunpoint.
Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces forced several families in the Jabal al-Nasr neighborhood of Nour Shams refugee camp to leave their homes this morning after raiding them, amid intense gunfire to terrorize residents. Other homes were converted into military barracks.
Meanwhile, occupation forces deployed foot patrols around the camp, while bulldozers leveled another stretch of Nablus Street adjacent to its entrance, destroying infrastructure and civilian property.
Meanwhile, Tulkarm camp witnessed a heavy presence of military vehicles and infantry units, which, late last night, began burning homes in the Daba Umm Juhar area in the Balawneh neighborhood. Explosions were heard, accompanied by heavy gunfire. Meanwhile, occupation bulldozers began leveling several areas, including the Al-Wakala and Al-Hamam neighborhoods, targeting shops, homes, and infrastructure.
Eyewitnesses reported that occupation soldiers robbed shops in Tulkarm refugee camp, after bulldozing their doors and vandalizing their contents. They also pursued citizens who tried to reach their homes, forcing them to undress and abusing them at gunpoint.
In a related context, occupation forces deployed after midnight in the city's streets and neighborhoods, including the southern neighborhood, the street of the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, Nablus Street, and the suburbs of Dhnaba Shuwaika, Artah, Iktaba, and Al-Azab.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces arrested Ahmed Raafat Ali Zayet from Shuwaika, Muhab Al-Attar from Ezbet Al-Jarad, and Abdul Rahman Awda from the Dhnaba suburb, after raiding their homes and vandalizing their contents.
Occupation forces also stormed the courtyard of the Cultural Sports Club in the city's northern neighborhood, which houses displaced persons from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps. They were stationed at its gate and surrounding areas, but no arrests were reported.
The Iktaba suburb witnessed vehicle searches by occupation soldiers, specifically in the employee housing area opposite Nour Shams camp, amidst harassment of passengers and subjecting them to field investigations.
Israeli occupation forces, with heavy machinery and bulldozers, have reinforced their military presence in front of the homes they have seized on Nablus Street, which connects the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. They have transformed these homes into military barracks and set up mobile checkpoints to restrict the movement of civilians.
The ongoing aggression on the city and the camps has so far resulted in the martyrdom of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom is eight months pregnant. Dozens have also been injured and arrested, and more than 9,000 people have been forcibly displaced from Nour Shams camp and 12,000 from Tulkarm camp. This has also resulted in the total destruction of infrastructure, homes, and shops, which have been completely and partially demolished, burned, and vandalized.
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Israeli occupation escalates its aggression against Tulkarm and its camp for the 45th day.