Widespread destruction in Tulkarem as Israeli raid continues
The Israeli raid on the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has resulted in widespread destruction to infrastructure and private property, Wafa reports, quoting local sources.
Faisal Salama, head of the Popular Committee for Tulkarem Refugee Camp Services, told Wafa that the situation in the camp is dire with extensive damage to streets and infrastructure, including sewage systems, water, electricity and communications.
Salama added that Israeli forces have cut off the camp from its surroundings by blocking entrances and bulldozing streets.
Israeli forces also demolished the wall of a health clinic operated by the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency and the perimeter wall of al-Awda Hall .
At the same time, the Palestine Red Crescent Society’s director of emergency medical services in Tulkarem reported that the ongoing obstructions had forced its medical personnel to remain at the camp’s edges despite receiving reports of injuries from inside the camp.
Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on Tulkarem camp
Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a house in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says.
The aerial attack today came as the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said fighters from its Tulkarem Battalion clashed with Israeli soldiers in the camp and detonated explosive devices targeting military vehicles.
Reporting from Tulkarem, Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim said on Thursday that the raid was ongoing 12 hours later in the congested area, with sounds of explosives and gunfire heard and drones flying above.
Israeli army wraps up 14-hour raid on Tulkarem, occupied West Bank
The Israeli army says it killed three “terrorists” and destroyed two weapons manufacturing workshops in its raid on the camp. Earlier, we reported on an Israeli air strike on the camp that killed three Palestinians.
It also claimed that the army, border police and Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence service, arrested more than 40 “wanted individuals” this week.
Attacks in the West Bank have surged since October 7, with Israeli forces killing more than 600 Palestinians in the occupied territory, including 144 children, while more than 10,000 Palestinians have been arrested.
