The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 91st consecutive day, and on the Nour Shams camp for the 78th day, amid ongoing field escalation.
Local sources said that occupation forces raided a number of homes in the Dhnaba suburb east of the city at dawn today, including those belonging to detainees in occupation prisons. They conducted a wide-scale search operation, vandalizing their contents, and subjecting their residents to interrogation and threats.
She added that heavy gunfire was heard in various parts of the city, particularly around the Nour Shams camp and the Aktaba suburb, accompanied by intensive infantry movements in the area and intensive reconnaissance aircraft flights.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces continue to send military reinforcements, including vehicles and infantry units, into the city, its two camps, and its suburbs. This deployment is accompanied by heavy firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, as they raid and search homes and shops, destroy their contents, and subject those present to interrogation and arrest.
They also set up checkpoints on the city's main streets and neighborhoods, obstructing the movement of citizens and their vehicles, subjecting them to searches, identity checks, and field interrogations.
Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps are witnessing a heavy deployment of occupation forces, firing live ammunition and sound bombs, with explosions being heard from time to time. This comes amidst a tight siege imposed on the camps, the closure of their entrances with earth mounds, and the accompanying raids and vandalism of homes, forcing the remaining residents to evacuate their homes at gunpoint.
The occupation forces also continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents. They also station their vehicles and bulldozers in the vicinity.
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 4,200 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, comprising more than 24,000 residents, along with hundreds of residents 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 camps, in addition to the closure of their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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91 days and the Israeli aggression on Tulkarm and its camp escalates