Tulkarm - Saba:
The Zionist enemy forces continue their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 102nd consecutive day, and for the 89th day against the Nour Shams camp east of the city, amid an ongoing escalation of field raids, searches, and the demolition of homes and infrastructure.
The Palestinian News Agency reported that enemy forces have been deployed extensively since the early morning hours in and around the Nour Shams camp, setting up military checkpoints at its entrance on Nablus Street.
They imposed strict restrictions on the entry of residents of homes threatened with demolition, including identity checks, physical searches, and lengthy field interrogations, despite having received prior coordination for entry.
Last night, the Israeli occupation authorities notified the demolition of 15 new buildings in the camp in three areas. Each building contained several residential apartments belonging to the families of Zuhairi, Hasri, Zendiq, Subh, Salah, Abu Khamis, Faour, Hajj Yusef, Ghanayem, Ali, Fayyad, Aisha, and Saqr. They were given two hours to evacuate their homes in the morning, each area separately and at different times.
This escalation comes after the Israeli occupation notified the demolition of 106 buildings and homes in the two camps last Thursday, including (58) buildings in Tulkarm camp and (48) homes in Nour Shams camp
The Popular Committee for Services in Nour Shams camp announced that the number of buildings and homes demolished by the Israeli occupation over the past three days exceeded 48, distributed across the neighborhoods of Al-Manshiyya, Al-Maslakh, Al-Eidah, and Al-Jami'. The demolitions also displaced dozens of families, amid widespread destruction of property and infrastructure.
She confirmed that the occupation forces demolished some homes without prior notice to their owners, shocking them as they were surprised by bulldozers storming into neighborhoods without warning and beginning the demolition and destruction operations.
At the same time, the city witnessed intense activity by enemy vehicles since the early morning hours, patrolling the main streets, obstructing the movement of citizens and vehicles, provocatively honking their horns and deliberately driving against traffic.
The city, its two refugee camps, Tulkarm and Nour Shams, and its suburbs are subjected to a stifling siege and repeated raids, accompanied by the firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, especially at night. This is in addition to systematic attacks on citizens' homes and infrastructure, which have transformed the camps and residential neighborhoods in some areas of the city into military barracks, after homes were seized and their residents forcibly evacuated.
The Zionist 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 in the vicinity.
The ongoing Zionist aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two refugee camps resulted in the deaths 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, including homes, shops, and vehicles, was completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen.
The aggression 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. Over 400 homes were completely destroyed and 2,573 were partially destroyed, while their entrances and alleys were sealed off with earth mounds.
In parallel with the ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Zionist enemy army and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of more than 960 citizens, the injury of nearly 7,000 others, and the recording of 16,400 arrests, according to official data.
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