Jenin, Tulkarm (UNA/WAFA) – The Israeli occupation forces’ aggression on the city and refugee camp of Jenin has entered its fourth month, amidst bulldozing and burning homes, and converting others into military barracks. The aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its two camps continues for the 84th consecutive day.
In Jenin, occupation forces arrested two young men today from the town of Araba, south of Jenin, after raiding and searching their homes. This morning, occupation forces, accompanied by a military bulldozer, raided the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, and deployed throughout its neighborhoods, firing live ammunition at civilians.
The occupation forces continued to send military reinforcements, accompanied by fuel tankers, from the Jalameh checkpoint to the vicinity of Jenin camp.
Israeli bulldozers placed earthen berms around the Tawalbeh Mosque at the northern entrance to Jenin camp, while drones continued to fly over the city and camp.
Israeli occupation forces raided a number of villages and towns south of Jenin, including the towns of Jaba', Araba, and Siris, south of the governorate, and Burqin, west of the city, where they arrested Ramzi Khalouf from his home.
Jenin Governor Kamal Abu al-Rab said in a statement on Sunday that efforts are ongoing to resolve the temporary displacement crisis in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates by providing caravans on plots of land near the camps.
According to Abu al-Rab, the number of displaced persons has reached 21, distributed throughout the governorate. There are 6 in the city, 3200 in the Arab American University dormitories, and 4181 in Burqin.
The number of martyrs in Jenin Governorate since the start of the Israeli aggression on the city and camp of Jenin 90 days ago has reached 38, with dozens more injured and dozens more detained.
In Tulkarm, the occupation forces continued their aggression against the city and its camp for the 84th consecutive day, and for the 71st day against the Nur Shams camp, amidst an escalating situation on the ground, accompanied by gunfire, explosions, raids, vandalism, and attacks on citizens and their property.
A correspondent for the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) said that a huge explosion occurred at dawn today in Tulkarm camp, followed by thick smoke, without being able to verify its nature, as a result of the siege imposed by the occupation on the camp and its near-complete emptiness of residents after they were forcibly displaced from their homes.
Occupation bulldozers have carried out additional razing of completely destroyed streets in Tulkarm camp, closing off the western entrance to the camp from the Muqata'a neighborhood with earth mounds. Meanwhile, occupation forces continue to deploy throughout the camp's neighborhoods, seizing homes and blocking off many entrances with barbed wire.
Throughout last night, the Al-Mahjar neighborhood in Nour Shams camp witnessed gunfire from Israeli occupation forces, the storming of dozens of homes, and the vandalism of several civilian vehicles.
Local sources reported that Israeli occupation forces forced approximately 10 families from the Jabal al-Nasr area in Nour Shams camp and the area west of the camp to evacuate their homes, and threatened other families with eviction, amid heavy gunfire aimed at terrorizing residents.
Meanwhile, last night, Tulkarm witnessed a heavy deployment of military vehicles and infantry units, positioned around Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, Al-Haddadeen Street, and the eastern neighborhood, amid heavy firing of sound bombs at vehicles and civilians.
In the city center, occupation forces chased young men around Gamal Abdel Nasser Square, fired sound bombs intensively, and arrested a young man who was present there.
In the eastern part of the city, occupation forces raided a number of shops and subjected those present to field interrogation. Infantry forces and military vehicles also stormed the Dhnaba suburb and Harat al-Salam in the eastern part of the city, raiding a number of homes, conducting extensive searches, and interrogating their owners.
The occupation forces also assaulted Wafa Agency photographer Wafa Awad after raiding his home, seizing his ID, press card, and mobile phone, and vandalizing the contents of the house.
Meanwhile, the occupation continues to seize homes and residential buildings on Nablus Street and the adjacent northern neighborhood, converting them into military barracks after forcing their residents to evacuate.
The Israeli aggression and its ongoing escalation on the city of Tulkarm and its two camps resulted in the martyrdom of 13 citizens, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant, in addition to the injury and arrest of dozens. It also caused the forced displacement of more than 4000 families from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, along with hundreds of citizens from the northern neighborhood of the city after their homes were seized and a number of them were converted into military barracks. It caused comprehensive destruction to the infrastructure, homes, shops and vehicles, which were subjected to total and partial demolition, burning, vandalism, looting and theft. 396 homes were completely destroyed and 2573 partially destroyed in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in addition to closing their entrances and alleys with earth mounds.
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