The Israeli occupation's aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its two camps has entered its 101st day, amidst new home demolitions, the seizure of others, and the forced displacement of citizens from their homes.
The official Wafa news agency reported that the occupation announced last night its intention to demolish new buildings belonging to seven families in Nour Shams camp. Each building contains a number of residential apartments, and among the families are: Junaidi, Muqbil, Alian, Sakran, Ghraifi, Saruji and Fahmawi.
She pointed out that this escalation coincides with the occupation's commencement of a plan to demolish 106 homes and residential buildings in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. The demolition process began over the past two days in the Manshiyya, Al-Maslakh, and Al-Jami' neighborhoods in the Nur Shams refugee camp, after forcibly evacuating their residents. Meanwhile, occupation bulldozers are stationed in the Al-Murabba'a Street area of the Tulkarm refugee camp.
Our correspondent noted that the occupation forces continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents, while stationing their vehicles in the vicinity.
She added that the city has witnessed, since the early morning hours, intensive movements of occupation vehicles, as they roamed the main streets, specifically around the Martyr Thabet Thabet Roundabout and the Government Hospital, and the streets of Haddadin, Al-Alimi and Nablus, and obstructed the movement of citizens and vehicles, while provocatively honking their horns and deliberately passing against traffic, with reconnaissance aircraft flying at low altitudes.
Israeli occupation forces deployed bulldozers and infantry units in and around Nour Shams camp, pursuing residents as they headed to their homes threatened with demolition to retrieve their belongings. They detained a number of young men and took them to a military barracks at the camp entrance, where they were interrogated despite having received prior coordination for entry.
The city, its two camps, and its suburbs are subjected to a suffocating siege and repeated raids, often accompanied by the firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, particularly at night. Furthermore, there are systematic attacks on citizens' homes and infrastructure, transforming the camps and residential neighborhoods in some parts of the city into military barracks, after homes were seized and their residents forcibly expelled.
The occupation's ongoing aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps resulted in the martyrdom 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, homes, shops, and vehicles were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and robbed.
The aggression also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, comprising over 25,000 citizens. It also resulted in the complete destruction of more than 400 homes and the partial destruction of 2,573 others, in addition to the closure of their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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Tulkarm: Buildings demolished and others seized amid bulldozing and displacement