TULKARM, April 21, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression against the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 85th consecutive day, and for the 72nd day against the Nur Shams camp, amid an ongoing escalation of incursions, raids, vandalism, and attacks on citizens and their property.
WAFA correspondent reported that occupation forces deployed this morning throughout the city's streets, stationed on Al-Haddadeen Street, setting up a flying checkpoint, preventing vehicles from passing in both directions, and preventing shop owners from parking outside their shops at gunpoint. They combed and searched the area, but no arrests were reported.
After midnight, the occupation forces deployed infantry squads throughout the city's streets and neighborhoods, stationed in the southern neighborhood, raided the Al-Shannar Café, interrogated and abused the young men inside, and then detained Ahmed Nayfeh.
Another force was also present in the western neighborhood, combing and searching everything in sight. They detained Ahmed Arafa from his home near the Hilmi Hanoun School in the area.
Tulkarm is seeing a daily escalation in raids and arrests, as part of the ongoing assault on the city, its camps, and its suburbs.
This includes the deployment of foot and mobile vehicles in the city's main neighborhoods, chasing young men, assaulting them, detaining them, and detaining them for long hours after confiscating their ID cards and mobile phones.
In this context, a massive explosion occurred last night in the Manshiyya neighborhood of the Nour Shams camp, east of the city. A house caught fire following the explosion, followed by a thick plume of smoke. The camp remains under a tight siege, with streets being bulldozed, homes raided, and residents forcibly displaced. The latest incident involved forcing several families to evacuate their homes east of the Dhnaba suburb, specifically those near Jabal al-Nasr in the camp, yesterday.
Meanwhile, Tulkarm camp is witnessing a heavy presence of occupation forces, who continue to bulldoze, vandalize, and destroy the demolished streets and citizens' property, closing its entrances with earth mounds and barbed wire. The camp has been emptied of its residents after being forcibly displaced from their homes and converted into military barracks.
The occupation continues to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents. Its machinery and bulldozers are stationed in the vicinity.
The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps have resulted in the killing of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens have also been injured and arrested.
It has also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,000 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, along with hundreds of citizens from the city's northern neighborhood after their homes were seized and several converted into military barracks.
The aggression caused widespread destruction to the infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen. 396 homes were completely destroyed and 2,573 partially destroyed in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in addition to the closure of their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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