TULKARM, May 8, 2025 (WAFA) –  The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the 102nd consecutive day, and on the Nour Shams camp east of the city for the 89th day.

This comes amid an ongoing escalation of raids, searches, and the demolition of homes and infrastructure.

A WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces have been deployed extensively since the early morning hours in and around Nour Shams camp, setting up military checkpoints at its entrance on Nablus Road. They imposed strict restrictions on the entry of residents of homes threatened with demolition, including identity checks, physical searches, and lengthy field interrogations, despite their prior coordination for entry.

Last night, the occupation authorities notified the demolition of 15 new buildings in the camp in three areas. Each building contained several residential apartments belonging to the families of Zuhairi, Hasri, Zendiq, Subh, Salah, Abu Khamis, Faour, Hajj Yusef, Ghanayem, Ali, Fayyad, Aisha, and Saqr. They were given two hours to vacate their homes in the morning, each area separately and at different times.

This escalation comes after the occupation notified 106 buildings and homes in the two camps last Thursday, including 58 buildings in Tulkarm camp and 48 homes in Nour Shams camp.

The Popular Committee for Services in Nour Shams camp announced that the number of buildings and homes demolished by the occupation over the past three days exceeded 48, distributed across the neighborhoods of Al-Manshiya, Al-Maslakh, Al-Eyada, and Al-Jami'.

The demolitions also displaced dozens of families, amid widespread destruction of property and infrastructure.

She confirmed that the occupation forces demolished some homes without prior notice to their owners, shocking them as they were surprised by bulldozers storming into neighborhoods without warning and beginning the demolition and destruction operations.

At the same time, since the early morning hours, the city has witnessed intensive activity by occupation forces, patrolling the main streets, obstructing the movement of citizens and vehicles, provocatively honking their horns and deliberately driving against traffic.

The city, its two refugee camps, Tulkarm and Nur Shams, and its suburbs are subjected to a stifling siege and repeated raids, accompanied by the firing of live ammunition and sound bombs, especially during the 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 evacuated.

The occupation also 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. Israeli forces stationed their vehicles in the vicinity.

The ongoing Israeli aggression and escalation on the city of Tulkarm and its two refugee 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, and the infrastructure was extensively destroyed, including homes, shops, and vehicles, which were subjected to total and partial demolition, arson, vandalism, looting, and theft.

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

In parallel with the ongoing genocidal war in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation army and settlers have escalated their attacks in the West Bank, resulting in the killing of more than 960 citizens, the injury of nearly 7,000 others, and the arrest of 16,400 people, according to official data.

K.T