TULKARM, April 26, 2025 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation's aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp has entered its 90th day, and on the Nur Shams camp its 77th day, amid ongoing military escalation and repeated raids and incursions by occupation forces across the city and its two camps.
WAFA correspondent reported hearing the sounds of heavy gunfire this morning near the Martyr Saif Abu Libdeh roundabout at the western entrance to the Nur Shams camp. This followed intensive occupation forces' movements around the Employees' Housing neighborhood in the Aktaba suburb adjacent to the camp, where they raided a house and destroyed surveillance cameras.
The correspondent added that the occupation forces continue to send military reinforcements, including vehicles and infantry units, into the city, its two camps, and its suburbs, accompanied by heavy firing of live ammunition and sound bombs.
They also raid and search homes and shops, destroying their contents and subjecting those present to interrogation.
Last night, Israeli occupation forces raided a number of homes in the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarm, amid a heavy pedestrian presence in the area.
This morning, Israeli occupation forces set up a military checkpoint on Nablus Street, at the entrance to Tulkarm camp, obstructing the movement of residents and their vehicles.
Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps are witnessing a heavy deployment of Israeli occupation forces, firing live ammunition and sound bombs. This coincides with a tight siege of these camps, accompanied by raids and vandalism of homes, and forcing the remaining residents to evacuate their homes at gunpoint.
The Israeli occupation forces also continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents. Their vehicles and bulldozers are stationed in the vicinity.
Yesterday, Israeli bulldozers closed the eastern entrance to the city, adjacent to Nour Shams camp, with earth mounds. They also closed Nablus Street near the Martyr Saif Abu Libdeh roundabout leading to the camp, exacerbating the suffering of citizens and restricting their movement.
The Israeli occupation's ongoing aggression and escalation against the city of Tulkarm and its two camps resulted in the deaths of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens were also injured and arrested.
It also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families from the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps, comprising more than 24,000 citizens, along with hundreds of citizens from the northern neighborhood of the city after their homes were seized and a number of them converted into military barracks.
The aggression caused widespread destruction to 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 refugee camps.
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