Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression on Tulkarem city and its camp for the 74th day in a row, and for the 61st day on Nur Shams camp, amid military reinforcements, field escalation and house bombings.
Local sources said on Thursday morning that the occupation forces blew up the apartment of detainee Muhammad Shahrour, 28, in the eastern neighborhood of the city, after they encircled the area at dawn and imposed a tight cordon on the building, and forced the residents of it and neighboring houses to leave their homes amid heavy military reinforcements. Shahrour was arrested on April 9, 2024.
In February, the occupation forces notified Shahrour’s family of the seizure and demolition order of his apartment, which is located on the ground floor of a four-story building.
Meanwhile, the city of Tulkarm witnessed overnight intensive movements of the occupation vehicles and infantry teams, especially in the eastern neighborhood and the city center, where they set up a makeshift checkpoint on the street leading to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, which led to disrupting traffic.
They also raided one of the cafes in the mentioned street, and interrogated a number of young men inside it, without any arrests being reported, while Al-Muqata’a Street in the eastern neighborhood of the city witnessed an intense mobilization of Israeli troops, setting up flying checkpoints and thoroughly searching vehicles.
In an unprecedented escalation last night, the occupation forces unloaded a large truck loaded with pigs in the employees housing area in the suburb of Ektaba, adjacent to Nur Shams camp, east of the city, in a provocative and dangerous step that threatens the safety of residents and raises fears of using the animals as a means of terrorizing residents and damaging property, as a number of them were seen wandering in agricultural lands in the area at dawn today.
The occupation forces have also continued to seize houses and residential buildings in Nablus Street and the northern neighborhood of the city, and turn them into military barracks with their vehicles stationed around them, while they restrict citizens’ movement in the street, whose sections have been closed with earth mounds in both directions.
This escalation comes within the continuation of the occupation systematic aggression against Tulkarm city and its tight siege on its two camps, which resulted in the martyrdom 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 of others, as well as the forced displacement of more than 4,000 families from Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in addition to dozens of families from the city’s northern neighborhood after seizing their homes and turning a number of them into military barracks.
The offensive also caused widespread destruction of infrastructure, houses, shops and vehicles, which were completely or partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted and stolen. 396 houses were completely destroyed and 2,573 others partially destroyed in Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps.
