TULKAREM, February 12, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces demolished on Wednesday a Palestinian resident’s home in the Al-Manshiya neighborhood of Nur Shams refugee camp, amid widespread destruction to infrastructure and property.
According to WAFA correspondent, Israeli forces brought in additional military vehicles and heavy bulldozers before demolishing the house. Meanwhile, forces continued to wreak havoc on property along the road connecting Ash-Shuhada and Al-Mujahideen neighborhoods, where loud explosions and heavy gunfire were reported.
The demolition and destruction were accompanied by a strict siege on the camp and its surroundings, with Israeli forces turning the area into a military zone. They raided homes, ransacked them and violently forced residents to leave.
Earlier today, Israeli forces used the loudspeakers of a mosque in the Al-Iyada neighborhood to order camp residents to leave their homes immediately.
Dozens of families, including women, children and the elderly, were seen fleeing the camp on foot, struggling through devastated streets in harsh winter weather while facing the looming threat of Israeli gunfire.
Israeli soldiers also obstructed the work of the Palestine Red Crescent Society teams, ramming a vehicle belonging to the organization’s Disaster Risk Management team and disrupting their efforts to evacuate elderly residents and children. Medical relief teams were also hindered from carrying out their humanitarian duties.
The head of the Popular Committee for Services in Nur Shams refugee camp, Nihad Al-Shawish, stated in a press release that the situation inside the camp is extremely dire amid the ongoing large-scale assault.
The occupation is firing at everything that moves inside the camp. Many families remain trapped in their homes, facing imminent danger, while essential services such as water and electricity have been cut off, he said, warning of a severe shortage of food, drinking water, medicine, and baby formula.
He stressed that the occupation is carrying out the most brutal forms of mistreatment against residents, storming their homes by force, firing live bullets and stun grenades inside, and threatening them to leave in an apparent effort to empty the camp of its residents.
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