The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 102nd consecutive day, and for the 89th day on the Nour Shams camp east of the city, amid an ongoing escalation of field raids, searches, and the demolition of homes and infrastructure.

Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces had been deployed extensively in and around the Nour Shams refugee camp since the early morning hours, setting up military checkpoints at the entrance on Nablus Road and imposing strict restrictions on the entry of residents of homes threatened with demolition. These restrictions included checking IDs, physical searches, and lengthy field interrogations, despite residents having obtained prior coordination for entry.

Last night, the occupation authorities notified the demolition of 15 new buildings in the camp in three areas. Each building contains a number of 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 vacate their homes in the morning, in each area separately and at different times.

This escalation comes after the occupation notified last Thursday the demolition of 106 buildings and homes in the two camps, 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 occupation forces over the past three days exceeded 48, distributed across the neighborhoods of Al-Manshiya, 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 to see bulldozers storming into the neighborhoods without warning and beginning the demolition and destruction operations.

Meanwhile, since the early morning hours, the city has witnessed intensive movements of occupation vehicles, patrolling the main streets, obstructing the movement of citizens and vehicles, provocatively honking their horns and deliberately driving against traffic.

The city, its two camps, Tulkarm and Nur Shams, and its suburbs are under a suffocating siege, subjected to repeated raids amidst 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 evacuated.

The occupation forces also 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. They also station their vehicles in the vicinity.

The ongoing Israeli 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, 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 more than 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.

In parallel with the ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation 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 arrest of 16,400 people, according to official data.