Tulkarm - Saba:
The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm for the 39th consecutive day, and for the 26th day on Nour Shams camp, amid military reinforcements, the demolition of homes, and the destruction of infrastructure.
The Palestinian News Agency "WAFA" reported that the Israeli occupation began this morning, Thursday, to demolish a number of homes and residential buildings in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp, after being notified yesterday to demolish 17 homes, under the pretext of paving a new road aimed at changing the geographical features of the camp.
The occupation forces had given the owners of these homes two hours to enter the camp and evacuate their belongings and supplies from their homes, while obstructing them and firing live ammunition at them to terrorize them.
Nour Shams camp has been witnessing a continuous escalation since the beginning of the Israeli occupation aggression, which continues to demolish and raid homes repeatedly after blowing up their doors, forcing Palestinian citizens to forcibly leave them, and turning them into military barracks, in addition to the widespread and complete destruction of the infrastructure and property of homes and shops that were demolished, blown up and burned.
In the past few days, the occupation bulldozers had demolished more than 11 homes, as part of a plan aimed at paving a road extending from the camp square to the Manshiyya neighborhood.
In Tulkarm camp, the Israeli occupation continues its siege on it, preventing entry or exit from it, and deploying its foot patrols in its surroundings and alleys, while raiding empty homes, vandalizing them and destroying their contents, while at night it forced Palestinian citizens to leave their homes in the airport neighborhood after raiding it.
WAFA quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the occupation bulldozers continue to bulldoze streets and properties, and close the entrances and alleys of the neighborhoods with dirt mounds, and this has reached the main northern entrance to the camp, which is witnessing unprecedented destruction in all aspects of life in it.
In the same context, the Israeli occupation forces sent military reinforcements accompanied by a fuel tanker to the city and its two camps, and positioned themselves in front of the residential buildings that they seize on Nablus Street linking the "Tulkarm and Nour Shams" camps, and obstructed the movement of vehicles and citizens.
The occupation forces also continue to seize a number of houses in the suburbs of Dhnaba and Ezbet al-Jarad, east of Tulkarm, after raiding them, forcing their residents to leave, and turning them into military barracks and sniper positions.
The occupation forces had brought in a number of armored vehicles from their military checkpoints set up at the southern and eastern entrances to Tulkarm, and stormed the town of Anabta and the southern entrance to the city, and roamed the streets, before returning to the checkpoints.
The ongoing Israeli aggression on the city and its two camps has so far resulted in the martyrdom of 13 Palestinian citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom is eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens, and the forced displacement of more than 9,000 displaced persons from Nour Shams camp, and 12,000 displaced persons from Tulkarm camp.
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