The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the 100th consecutive day, amid ongoing house demolitions, road construction, and forcing residents to flee their homes.
Local sources reported that the occupation forces are continuing to send additional military reinforcements towards the camp and its surroundings on a continuous basis, in addition to deploying infantry units in several neighborhoods of the city.
Most of the villages in Jenin Governorate are witnessing daily military movements and the daily presence of occupation patrols and vehicles.
The occupation forces are continuing their destruction and bulldozing operations inside the camp, while continuing to prevent entry or access to it. Concerns have increased with the installation of iron g8ates at the camp's entrances a few days ago.
Official estimates indicate that all of the camp's homes and facilities have been completely or partially damaged as a result of the ongoing aggression and ongoing destruction and bulldozing operations aimed at altering the camp's structural makeup and features.
In addition, 800 housing units in the city were partially damaged, and 15 buildings have been demolished since the beginning of the aggression. Most of the damage to buildings and residences occurred in the eastern and al-Hadaf neighborhoods, according to data from the Jenin Municipality.
Camp families, along with hundreds of families from the city and surrounding areas, remain forcibly displaced to this day. Official estimates from the Jenin Municipality indicate that the number of displaced persons from the camp and city has exceeded 22,000.
The economic situation in Jenin, a city that relies primarily on trade, continues to deteriorate. Huge commercial losses are being recorded as a result of the ongoing aggression, which has led to numerous commercial closures and the halting of shopping traffic to and from the city. Furthermore, bulldozing and destruction of infrastructure on the streets have resulted in the damage to a large number of shops. Meanwhile, some areas of the city are facing complete economic paralysis, especially in the western neighborhoods.
Since the beginning of the ongoing aggression on Jenin and its camp, 39 citizens have been killed, dozens more injured, and arrests of citizens from various areas of the Jenin governorate have escalated.
**Tulkarm**
The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 94th consecutive day, and on the Nour Shams camp for the 81st day, amid ongoing field escalation and a continuous campaign of raids and arrests.
Local sources reported that the city witnessed active movements of occupation vehicles and infantry units last night, patrolling the main and side streets, obstructing the movement of citizens and their vehicles, particularly on Paris Street, the vicinity of the Martyr Thabet Thabet Roundabout, Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, and the center of the vegetable market. A number of young men were detained and interrogated on the spot.
Late at night, Israeli occupation forces on foot raided the Dhnaba suburb east of the city, and intensified their deployment around the areas of the Attar platforms, the Sharia school, and the Halima Khreisha school. They stopped vehicles, searched them, and checked the identities of their passengers.
Eyewitnesses reported that occupation forces raided a café in the suburb, searched it, and subjected young men to field interrogation. They also raided homes in the area and arrested three young men after assaulting them: Amir Assaf, Ayham Mu'ayyad Shaaban, and Shadi Shaaban.
In a related development, Israeli occupation forces deployed heavily in Jabal al-Nasr in the Nur Shams refugee camp, firing flares in the area, accompanied by the sound of live ammunition and sound bombs.
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 continue, around the clock, to send military reinforcements, including vehicles and infantry units, into the city, its two camps, and its suburbs. This includes firing live ammunition and sound bombs, raiding and searching homes and shops, vandalizing their contents, and subjecting those present to interrogation, abuse, and arrest.
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 refugee 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 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 Tulkarm and Jenin: Demolitions, displacement, and destruction of infrastructure continue.