Arrests, Raids, Siege, Infrastructure Destruction as Israel Continues Assault on TulkarmOccupied Jerusalem, 13 Feb (ONA) — The Israeli occupation forces
continue the aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its camp for the
18th consecutive day and the fifth day on Nour Shams camp, as the
siege, raids on homes and forced displacement of citizens,
accompanied by a wide-scale arrest campaign, continue.

This ongoing aggression has led to widespread destruction of
infrastructure and property, and forced thousands of civilians to
flee their homes in the Tulkarm and Nour Shams camps at gunpoint.

This morning, the occupation forces detained a number of young
men from the Dhnaba suburb east of the city after raiding their
homes.

Last night, the occupation forces sent more military
reinforcements to the city and its camps, and deployed infantry
soldiers in the streets and neighborhoods, amidst extensive combing
and search operations, concentrated in the eastern and northern
neighborhoods of the city, in addition to the alleys of the two
camps.

The occupation forces continue imposing the siege on the eastern
neighborhood of the city, specifically Al-Muqata’a Street and Abu
Safiya Junction, and seize residential buildings and turn them into
military outposts.

They also knock on the doors of homes, prevent citizens from
leaving and moving, and restrict them inside their homes and even
prevent them from opening the windows.

At the same time, the occupation forces fired live bullets
intensively and randomly in Tulkarm camp, specifically in the airport
neighborhood, while raiding homes and wreaking destruction and
vandalism in them continue. The Israeli occupation forces seize a number of homes and
turn them into military barracks and sniper locations.

The suffering of civilians who have not left their homes on the
outskirts of the camp is exacerbated as a result of the tight siege
and continuous attacks on the camp.

Their appeals for the delivery of food supplies, drinking water,
medicines and baby milk, continue, in light of the worsening
humanitarian suffering resulting from the interruption of all basic
services such as water, electricity and communications after the
occupation destroyed the camp’s infrastructure.

In Nour Shams camp, the occupation bulldozers continue to
demolish homes and destroy the infrastructure inside its
neighborhoods, specifically Al-Manshiya, coinciding with the firing
of live bullets and huge explosions.

The demolition and destruction coincided with the occupation
imposing a tight siege on the camp and its outskirts, turning it into
a military barracks, raiding and vandalizing homes, and forcing their
residents to leave them by threats and intimidation, at a time when
the camp is witnessing a large wave of displacement of residents,
including women, children and the elderly, enduring the hardships of
moving on foot amidst the great destruction of the streets, rain and
severe cold on the one hand, and the intimidation of the occupation,
which is firing heavily on the other hand, exposing them to danger.

Yesterday, the occupation forces used the loudspeakers of the camp
mosque in the Al-Ayada neighborhood to demand that citizens evacuate
their homes and leave them immediately.

Additionally, Israeli occupation forces continue to close the
gate of the Jabara Bridge at the southern entrance to the city of
Tulkarm, separating it from the villages of Al-Kafriyat for the sixth
consecutive day.— Ends/Khalid