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PALESTINE

Tue 06 May 2025 11:28 am - Jerusalem Time

100 days and Israeli occupation continues its aggression on Tulkarm and its two camps

The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 100th day, and against the Nur Shams camp for the 87th day, amid ongoing field escalation that has caused significant human and material losses to property and infrastructure, and ongoing provocations against civilians.


Our correspondent said that last night and this morning, the city witnessed intensive movements of occupation vehicles and infantry units, as they patrolled the main streets and neighborhoods, specifically around the Martyr Thabet Thabet Roundabout and the streets of Al-Haddadin, Al-Alimi, Nablus and Shuwaika. They obstructed the movement of citizens and vehicles, amid provocative acts, abuse against them, and the firing of live bullets and sound bombs.


She added that the occupation forces raided a number of homes and arrested the two young men, Ahed Fathallah Al-Hamshari, from his home in the eastern neighborhood. He is an officer in the Civil Defense, and Wissam Issam Odeh from his home in the southern neighborhood. They also raided the home of former detainee Hadi Al-Hamshari, the director of political and national guidance in Tulkarm, searched it and vandalized its contents. Over the course of the 100 days, the city and its two camps, Tulkarm and Nour Shams, and their suburbs, have been subjected to a stifling siege, repeated raids, and systematic attacks on citizens' homes and infrastructure. This has turned the camps and residential neighborhoods in some areas of the city into military barracks, after seizing a number of them, displacing their residents, and accompanying the comprehensive destruction of infrastructure and property, and closing their entrances with earth mounds.


This escalation coincided with the occupation's commencement of its plans to change the features and demographic composition of the two camps, emptying them of their residents. Last Thursday, it notified the demolition of 106 homes and residential buildings in the two camps, including 58 in Tulkarm camp and 48 in Nour Shams camp. Yesterday, it began demolishing 15 residential buildings in the Manshiyya neighborhood of Nour Shams camp.


In implementation of this plan, the occupation announced last night its intention to demolish 19 additional buildings, comprising more than 50 residential units, in the al-Jami' and al-Maslakh neighborhoods of Nour Shams camp. The occupation gave residents two hours this morning to evacuate their belongings.


Despite residents having obtained prior coordination to enter their homes in the camp for evacuation, they are being obstructed by the occupation forces, who chase them, detain them for hours, threaten them, and fire live ammunition and sound bombs at them, including Red Crescent Society crews and support teams.


Tulkarm Governor Abdullah Kamil considered the Israeli occupation forces' demolition of 15 housing units in Nour Shams camp to be "true sadism," stemming from the criminal mentality the occupation has adopted against our people everywhere. This has exacerbated the suffering of citizens, exacerbated the crisis of forced displacement, and forced displacement from their homes under flimsy pretexts unrelated to any security concerns.


He renewed his call to the international community, human rights organizations, and diplomatic missions to take immediate action and break the silence to stop this aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps.


Meanwhile, the occupation forces 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. The occupation forces also positioned 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 martyrdom of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens were also injured and arrested, and the infrastructure, homes, shops, and vehicles were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and robbed.


The aggression also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, comprising more than 25,000 citizens. It also resulted in the complete destruction of 396 homes and the partial destruction of 2,573 others, in addition to the closure of their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.

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