Tulkarm - Saba:
Israeli forces continue their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camp for the 83rd consecutive day, and for the 70th day against the Nour Shams refugee camp, amid an escalation in raids, vandalism, and attacks on civilians and their property.The Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that the city witnessed a heavy deployment of military vehicles and infantry units last night, stationed around Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, Al-Haddadeen Street, and the eastern and southern neighborhoods. These forces fired live ammunition and sound bombs at Palestinian vehicles and civilians. Israeli forces detained a number of young men in the southern neighborhood, interrogated them on the spot, and set up a military checkpoint at the old Education Junction. They began stopping vehicles and checking citizens' IDs, but no arrests were reported.
Infantry forces also stormed the Dhnaba suburb east of the city, positioning themselves near the Attar platforms. They conducted extensive combing and search operations, while their vehicles patrolled the Al-Uqda roundabout and Al-Firdaws Mosque at its northern entrance.
In the Nour Shams refugee camp, Israeli soldiers fired heavy live ammunition late last night at Palestinian homes in the Jabal al-Nasr area. This comes at a time when the camp is witnessing a daily heavy deployment of Israeli vehicles and foot patrols, wreaking havoc in its neighborhoods and destroying civilian property.
An Israeli bulldozer also began leveling the schoolyard in Tulkarm refugee camp and closed its northern entrance with additional earth mounds, in an attempt to surround and isolate it from its surroundings.
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces placed barbed wire at the entrances to the camp, particularly from the Abu al-Foul and al-Murabba'a neighborhoods. Large numbers of occupation soldiers were deployed in the Airport neighborhood and began raiding several homes, causing widespread vandalism and destruction.
The Israeli 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 vehicles and bulldozers are stationed in the vicinity.
The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps has resulted in the deaths of 13 Palestinian citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens have also been injured and arrested.
It has also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,000 families from the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps, along with hundreds of citizens from the northern neighborhood of the city after their homes were seized and several of them 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 refugee camps, in addition to blocking their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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