Israeli occupation forces escalated their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps on Saturday, carrying out a campaign of raids and home invasions, accompanied by attacks on civilians and widespread destruction and bulldozing.

Israeli occupation forces raided the home of Wafa News Agency photographer Wafa Awad in the vicinity of the Rabaia neighborhood in Tulkarm refugee camp, assaulting him and vandalizing the contents of the house in the presence of his family.

Awad said that the occupation forces stormed his home in the Al-Raba'a neighborhood this evening and severely beat him amid a wave of insults and curses.

He explained that the occupation forces raided his home suddenly and beat him up and abused him without any justification, adding, "I was beaten and subjected to harsh insults and curses, before they confiscated my press card, my personal ID, and my mobile phone."

He noted that after the attack, the occupation forces destroyed the contents of the house and severely damaged its furniture, in what he described as a "vengeful and hateful" act, despite knowing he was a photojournalist.

In the northern neighborhood of Tulkarm, specifically in the vicinity of Al-Hadaida neighborhood, occupation soldiers raided the homes of the Al-Awad family and vandalized the contents of the home of the two brothers, Walid and Raed Awad, and confiscated the residents’ phones and ID cards, including those of the women, before arresting the child, Ahmed Raed Awad (15 years old), and taking him blindfolded to an unknown location.

Meanwhile, today, Israeli bulldozers began leveling streets and neighborhoods in Tulkarm refugee camp, closing the western entrance to the camp from the Muqata'a neighborhood with earth mounds. Meanwhile, Israeli forces remain deployed throughout the camp's neighborhoods, sealing off many entrances with barbed wire.

In a new escalation, Israeli forces forcibly evacuated approximately 10 families from the Jabal al-Nasr area of Nour Shams camp and the area west of the camp, threatening to evacuate other families by tomorrow, amid heavy gunfire to spread panic among residents.

In the same context, military reinforcements, including vehicles and a diesel tanker, were seen roaming the city streets and heading towards Tulkarm camp.