TULKARM, April 9, 2025 (WAFA) — The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 73rd consecutive day, and on the 60th day in the Nur Shams camp, amid widespread raids, detentions, and acts of vandalism and terrorizing throughout the city's neighborhoods and suburbs, Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Local sources reported to WAFA that the occupation forces stormed the city from its southern entrance with two Eitan armored vehicles and a number of military vehicles, and patrolled its main streets, passing through Al-Alimi Street in the west and Al-Younis Roundabout in the northern neighborhood, reaching the Shuweika and Artah neighborhoods, before later withdrawing along the same road.
The sources added that the occupation forces raided the home of the Hashhash family in the Shuweika neighborhood during the raid and began searching the area.
The city also witnessed intense activity by occupation forces, particularly in the eastern neighborhood, Al-Salam Roundabout, and the old Nablus Garage Street. These forces drove against traffic and parked vehicles across the street to prevent vehicles from passing, amid intense firing of live ammunition and sound bombs to intimidate residents.
Occupation forces also took up positions around the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, specifically in the area near Tulkarm refugee camp and the Awad family home.
They detained and detained young men and subjected them to field investigations, with no arrests recorded in that area.
In a related development, occupation forces arrested three young men from various areas of the city and its suburbs at dawn today: Muhammad Abu Zant, while he was near the old Nablus Garage Street; Suhaib Abu Laifa, from his home in the southern suburb of Kafa; and Amara Mar'i, from the Rashid neighborhood in the eastern suburb of Dhinaba.
Israeli occupation forces also raided the Ezbet al-Tayah suburb, southeast of Tulkarm, and stormed the home of Abdul Hamid al-Sudani. They conducted extensive searches, vandalizing and destroying the home's contents.
Israeli occupation forces dispatched military reinforcements to the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, deploying infantry units within their neighborhoods. They raided and vandalized homes, converting several into military barracks, and fired live ammunition, amidst occasional explosions.
In Nur Shams refugee camp, Israeli occupation forces deployed in the Jabal al-Nasr area, raiding homes, firing sound bombs inside, and hearing repeated explosions in the area.
Israeli occupation forces continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the northern neighborhood of the city, transforming them into military barracks with their vehicles stationed around them. They also restrict citizens' movement on the street, whose sections have been closed off with earth mounds in both directions.
Last night, the occupation forces set up a flying checkpoint at the Jabara Bridge gate at the southern entrance to the city, subjecting vehicles to a thorough search, and inspecting passengers' IDs and mobile phones. A second iron gate was also installed at the Anab military checkpoint east of the governorate, disrupting the movement of vehicles coming from the West Bank governorates to and from Tulkarm.
The occupation's systematic and ongoing aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its two refugee camps has resulted in the killing of 13 Palestinians, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens have also been injured and arrested, and more than 4,000 families have been forcibly displaced from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, along with dozens of families from the northern neighborhood of the city after their homes were seized and several converted into military barracks.
The aggression also caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. The occupation forces completely destroyed 396 homes and partially destroyed 2,573 others in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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