Tulkarm - Saba:
Israeli enemy forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 84th consecutive day, and on the 71st day in the Nur Shams camp, amidst an escalation in the field, accompanied by gunfire, explosions, raids, vandalism, and attacks on Palestinian civilians and their property.
The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported that a massive explosion occurred at dawn today in the Tulkarm camp, followed by thick plumes of smoke. The nature of the explosion was not immediately clear, as a result of the siege imposed by the enemy on the camp and its near-complete emptiness of residents after they were forcibly displaced from their homes.
Israeli enemy bulldozers carried out additional razing of the completely destroyed streets in the Tulkarm camp, closing the western entrance to the camp from the Muqata'a neighborhood with earth mounds. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue to deploy throughout the camp's neighborhoods, seizing homes, and blocking many entrances with barbed wire.
Throughout last night, the Al-Mahjar neighborhood in Nour Shams camp witnessed heavy gunfire by Israeli soldiers, the storming of dozens of homes, and the vandalism of several civilian vehicles.
Local Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces forced approximately 10 families from the Jabal al-Nasr area in Nour Shams camp and the area west of the camp to evacuate their homes, and threatened other families with eviction until Sunday, amid heavy gunfire to terrorize residents.
Meanwhile, the city witnessed a heavy deployment of military vehicles and infantry units last night, positioned around Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, Al-Haddadeen Street, and the eastern neighborhood, amid heavy firing of sound bombs at vehicles and civilians.
In the city center, Israeli forces pursued Palestinian youths around Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, fired sound bombs intensively, and arrested a young man who was present at the scene. His identity has not been determined.
In the eastern neighborhood of the city, Israeli enemy forces raided a number of shops and subjected those present to field interrogation.
Infantry forces and military vehicles also stormed the Dhnaba and Harat al-Salam neighborhoods east of the city, raiding several homes, conducting extensive searches, and interrogating their owners.
Yesterday evening, Israeli enemy forces raided the homes of the Awad family in the northern neighborhood of the city, near the al-Hadaida and al-Raba'a neighborhoods. They vandalized their contents and seized the ID cards and mobile phones of their residents, including those of the women.
At the same time, 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 forces have also positioned their vehicles and bulldozers in the vicinity.
The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps resulted in the deaths of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens.
It 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 were converted into military barracks.
The aggression caused extensive destruction to the 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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