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PALESTINE

Wed 16 Apr 2025 5:47 am - Jerusalem Time

Aggression on Tulkarm: Raids, Arrests, and Forced Displacement

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp has entered its 80th day, and the 67th day on the Nur Shams camp, amid ongoing escalation on the ground, raids, and arrests.


Tulkarm city, its refugee camps, and its suburbs witnessed a heavy deployment of Israeli occupation forces and infantry units at dawn on Wednesday, accompanied by raids and searches in several neighborhoods, amid heavy gunfire and sound bombs.


Local sources reported that infantry units were deployed after midnight on the Mount Employee Housing in the Aktaba suburb, opposite the Nour Shams camp, amid extensive combing operations. A massive explosion and heavy gunfire were heard.


Late last night, Israeli occupation forces raided the Al-Qaisi and Al-Huda gas station in the Al-Salam neighborhood east of the city, detaining a number of young men there. They searched them, checked their IDs, and abused them. No arrests were reported.


The military deployment extended to the suburb of Dhnaba and the road connecting it to the town of Kafr al-Labad to the east, where the forces fired sound bombs and arrested Osama al-Ali, the brother of the martyr Moatasem al-Ali, and subjected him to field investigation before releasing him later this morning.


Occupation forces patrolled several neighborhoods in the city, most notably: Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital Street, the center of the vegetable market, the eastern neighborhood, Nablus Street, and Courts Street, where they obstructed vehicle traffic and prevented them from passing on many occasions.


In recent days, the occupation forces have escalated their forced displacement campaigns against residents of the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, Nablus Street, and the traffic circle surrounding the city's northern neighborhood. After threats and intimidation, residents were forced to evacuate their homes, given a short period of time to take their belongings with them, and then turned the homes into military barracks.


Meanwhile, Nablus Road, which connects the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, has witnessed a heavy deployment of occupation forces, harassing residents and obstructing their movement on the road, which has been closed off with earth mounds in both directions. Roadblocks are being erected along the road, preventing vehicles from passing.


In a related development, in-person classes resumed this morning at five girls' secondary and elementary schools in the city's eastern neighborhood: Al-Adawiya, Abu Salma Al-Karmi, Khawla Bint Al-Azwar, and Ishbiliya. These schools were closed for more than two and a half months due to the aggression.


The resumption of classes at these schools comes days after the resumption of in-person education at the rest of the city's schools and its suburbs, which began on the 6th of this month. However, these five schools were delayed due to the security situation in the region.


The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens more were injured and arrested.


It also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,000 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, along with hundreds of citizens from the city's northern neighborhood after their homes were seized and a number of them converted into military barracks.


The aggression caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. 396 homes were completely destroyed and 2,573 partially destroyed in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.

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