Tulkarm - Saba:
Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 93rd consecutive day, while the 80th day of attacks on the Nour Shams camp has entered its 80th day. This comes amid ongoing escalation on the ground and a continuous campaign of restrictions and sabotage targeting Palestinian infrastructure and property.
The Palestinian WAFA News Agency, citing local sources and eyewitnesses, reported that an Israeli bulldozer demolished a landline telephone exchange near the Al-Saif family's office in the Dhnaba suburb east of the city this morning, Tuesday, and leveled the main street in the area.
The WAFA news agency reported that Israeli enemy forces raided a number of Palestinian homes in the eastern neighborhood and around the Faroun Garage in the southern neighborhood of the city at dawn today, vandalizing and destroying their contents extensively. This is a recurring pattern of raids and searches targeting residents without justification.
Late last night, the Jabal al-Muwazafin housing area in the Aktaba suburb, opposite the Nour Shams camp, witnessed a heavy deployment of infantry units, accompanied by heavy firing of sound bombs.
Israeli enemy 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 well as raids and searches of homes and shops, vandalizing their contents, and subjecting those present to interrogation and arrest.
Active enemy vehicles are seen daily in the city, 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 neighborhood, 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, Israeli forces yesterday forced Palestinian Red Crescent Society crews to use ambulances as military checkpoints on the road to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital. When the crews refused to comply, occupation soldiers threatened them with weapons.
The Tulkarm and Nour Shams refugee camps and their surroundings are witnessing a heavy deployment of Israeli forces, firing live ammunition and sound bombs, with occasional explosions heard. This coincides with a tight siege of 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 enemy continues to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents. Israeli forces stationed their vehicles and bulldozers in the vicinity.
The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation on the city of Tulkarm and its two refugee camps resulted in the deaths of 13 Palestinian citizens, 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 Nour Shams refugee camps, comprising more than 25,000 residents. Hundreds of residents also fled the northern and eastern neighborhoods of the city after their homes were seized and several were converted into military barracks.
The aggression caused extensive destruction to infrastructure, 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 Nour Shams camps, in addition to blocking their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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