TULKARM, May 7, 2025 (WAFA) –  The Israeli occupation's aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its two camps is entering its 101st day, amid new home demolitions, the seizure of others, and the forced displacement of residents.

WAFA correspondent said that the occupation announced last night its intention to demolish new buildings belonging to seven families in the Nur Shams camp. Each building contains several residential apartments, including the families of Junaidi, Muqbil, Alian, Sakran, Ghraifi, Saruji, and Fahmawi.

She noted that this escalation coincides with the occupation's commencement of the demolition of 106 homes and residential buildings in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps. The demolition process began over the past two days in the neighborhoods of Al-Manshiya, Al-Maslakh, and Al-Jami' in the Nur Shams camp, after forcibly evacuating their residents. Meanwhile, occupation bulldozers are stationed in the Al-Murabba'a Street area of ​​the Tulkarm camp.

WAFA correspondent noted that the occupation forces continue to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, transforming them into military barracks after forcibly evacuating their residents. They also station their vehicles in the vicinity.

She added that since the early morning hours, the city has witnessed intense activity by occupation forces, patrolling the main streets, particularly around the Martyr Thabet Thabet Roundabout, the Government Hospital, and the streets of Haddadin, Al-Alimi, and Nablus. They obstructed the movement of citizens and vehicles, provocatively honking their horns and deliberately driving against traffic, with reconnaissance aircraft hovering at low altitudes.

Occupation forces also deployed with bulldozers and infantry units in and around Nour Shams camp, pursuing citizens as they headed to their homes threatened with demolition to confiscate their belongings. They detained a number of young men and took them to a military barrack at the entrance to the camp, where they were interrogated despite having received prior permission to enter.

The city, its two camps, and its suburbs are subjected to a stifling siege and repeated raids, often accompanied by the firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, especially at night. This is in addition to systematic attacks on citizens' homes and infrastructure, which have transformed the camps and residential neighborhoods in some areas of the city into military barracks, after homes were seized and their residents forcibly expelled.

The occupation's ongoing 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, and the infrastructure, homes, shops, and vehicles have been completely and partially demolished, burned, vandalized, looted, and stolen.

The aggression has also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, comprising more than 25,000 citizens. More than 400 homes have been completely destroyed and 2,573 partially destroyed, while their entrances and alleys have been sealed off with earth mounds.

K.T