Tulkarm: The Israeli aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its two camps enters its 37th day today amid intensifying military escalation, a stifling siege, raids on homes, and the expulsion and displacement of its residents.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the occupation forces have sent military reinforcements, including vehicles and a fuel tanker, to the city. They have positioned themselves in front of residential buildings they seized on Nablus Street, linking the refugee camps of Tulkarm and Nour Shams, obstructing vehicle movement and deploying infantry squads in the main streets leading to the camps.
The occupation forces maintain a tight siege on the camps of Tulkarm and Nour Shams, preventing entry or exit, deploying foot patrols in surrounding areas and inside neighborhoods, raiding homes, vandalizing them, and subjecting residents to interrogation and expulsion. Live bullets and sound and light bombs are reportedly used to intimidate residents.
Demolition and burning of homes and facilities continue in the neighborhoods of Nour Shams camp, along with the destruction of infrastructure, including electricity, water, sewage, and communications networks. In Tulkarm camp, occupation forces have sent additional reinforcements, firing live ammunition and broadcasting provocative sounds to intimidate citizens, especially at night, amid widespread destruction of infrastructure and property.
Residents remaining in their homes face difficult living conditions due to a lack of food and medical supplies. Appeals for basic supplies are ongoing, while occupation forces obstruct relief crews, including the Red Crescent Society, from delivering humanitarian aid or evacuating sick individuals.
Occupation forces detained a youth at dawn today after raiding a residential building in Artah suburb south of the city and another in Shuweika suburb north. They also stormed the Dhnaba suburb east, with infantry soldiers patrolling the streets, though no detentions were reported.
The ongoing aggression has resulted in the deaths of 13 people, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Injuries and detentions of dozens, forced displacement of more than 9,000 civilians from Nour Shams camp, and 12,000 displaced from Tulkarm camp have occurred. Demolition and bulldozing operations have affected more than 25 homes from the two camps in recent days under the pretext of road paving.
National action factions in Tulkarm have called for strengthening the steadfastness of Palestinian people in the city's camps and resisting the systematic destruction aimed at changing geographical and demographic realities. They have issued a general appeal for all institutions and activities in Tulkarm Governorate to participate in a return march activity tomorrow, starting from the destroyed Shuwaika roundabout towards Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps at 1:00 PM, demonstrating unity against the occupation's policies and demanding the breaking of the siege.
