The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the 99th consecutive day.
Jenin Mayor Muhammad Jarrar told local sources that Israeli occupation forces began bulldozing areas in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin in the morning hours, and the operation is still ongoing.
He stressed that the city has suffered significant losses to infrastructure and property since the beginning of the aggression, with the estimated value of losses amounting to $300 million.
He noted that 800 housing units in the city were partially damaged, in addition to 15 buildings that have been demolished since the beginning of the aggression. Most of the damage to buildings and residences was concentrated in the eastern and Al-Hadaf neighborhoods.
Regarding the extent of the damage to the camp, Jarar confirmed that all citizens' homes and property inside the camp were completely or partially damaged, while the entire infrastructure was destroyed.
The occupation forces continue their destruction and bulldozing operations inside the camp, while continuing to prevent entry or access to it. Concerns have grown since the occupation forces installed iron gates at the camp's entrances a few days ago.
Since the beginning of the aggression, these forces have forced 790 families to flee the city, according to Jarar. In the city alone, 380 buildings have been evacuated of their residents, while families from the camp continue to be displaced and are prevented from returning. Estimates indicate that the number of displaced persons from the city and camp has exceeded 22,000.
Jarar also addressed the city's economic situation amid the ongoing aggression, as it is suffering significant economic losses, with some areas experiencing complete economic paralysis, particularly in the western neighborhoods.
**Tulkarm**
The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 93rd consecutive day, while the Nour Shams camp has entered its 80th day, amid ongoing field escalation and a relentless campaign of restrictions and sabotage targeting infrastructure and citizens' property.
Local sources reported that an Israeli bulldozer removed a landline telephone exchange near the Al-Saif Diwan in the Dhnaba suburb east of the city this morning, Tuesday, and bulldozed the main street in the area.
She added that the occupation forces raided a number of citizens' homes in the eastern neighborhood and around Faroun's garage in the southern neighborhood of the city at dawn today, and ransacked and destroyed their contents extensively, in a scene that has become a recurring feature of the raids and searches that target residents without justification.
Late last night, the Jabal Iskan Al-Muwatneen area in the Aktaba suburb, opposite Nour Shams camp, witnessed a heavy deployment of infantry units, accompanied by heavy firing of sound bombs.
The occupation forces continue to send military reinforcements, including vehicles and infantry units, into the city, its two camps, and its suburbs. This is accompanied by heavy firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, raids and searches of homes and shops, the destruction of their contents, and the interrogation and arrest of those present.
The city is witnessing daily active movements of occupation vehicles, patrolling the main and side streets, and setting up flying checkpoints, obstructing the movement of citizens and their vehicles, particularly on Nablus Street, Shuweika Roundabout in the northern district, Al-Haddadeen Street, the streets leading to the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, and the center of the vegetable market.
In an unprecedented development, occupation forces yesterday forced Palestinian Red Crescent Society crews to use their ambulances as military checkpoints on the road to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital. When the crews refused to comply, occupation soldiers threatened them with weapons.
Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps and their surroundings 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 these 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 occupation's ongoing aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps resulted in the deaths of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens.
It also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, comprising more than 25,000 residents, along with hundreds of residents from the northern and eastern neighborhoods of the city 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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The aggression on Jenin and Tulkarm: ongoing escalation and destruction of infrastructure.