TULKAREM, March 21, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces escalated their military measures in the city of Tulkarem on Friday night, ordering more residents of several buildings in the city's northern neighborhood to evacuate.

Dozens of families were forced to leave their apartments and were given less than two hours to vacate their homes, as the occupation prepared to convert them into closed military outposts.

Volunteers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and local committees rushed to Tulkarem’s northern neighborhood to aid residents in evacuating and salvaging belongings before the occupation's deadline expired.

This escalation is part of the occupation’s wider measures in Tulkarem, involving home seizures along Nablus Street and the northern neighborhood to establish military outposts, further deepening residents' suffering under siege and daily raids.

Simultaneously, Israeli forces raided Fawal Al-Sham restaurant on Nablus Street, wreaking havoc inside, throwing food and oil on the floor and assaulting the restaurant's workers with verbal and physical abuse.

Earlier today, occupation bulldozers closed parts of Nablus Street near the entrances to Tulkarem refugee camp with earth mounds. Meanwhile, forces seized several civilian vehicles passing through the street, using them to block parts of the road after searching them, confiscating their keys and detaining their owners.

Additionally, one of the traffic lights in the area, specifically near Al-Firdous Mosque, was vandalized, and ornamental trees along the street were uprooted. The occupation soldiers further searched passing vehicles and tightened movement restrictions on residents.

T.R.