Casualties reported as Israel launches attack on Nur Shams camp
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that Israeli forces have been surrounding the refugee camp, located near the northern city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, since dawn.
Local sources told AJA that they heard the sound of explosions and gunfire and that Israeli snipers were deployed in the area and reconnaissance aircraft were flying overhead.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it received reports of casualties but that Israeli forces prevented its crews from entering the camp.
The raid on Nur Shams comes as Israeli forces continue a weeks-long military operation in the north of the West Bank, targeting the Jenin, Tulkarem and Far’a refugee camps. They have killed dozens of Palestinians, displaced thousands and destroyed vast swaths of the camps, including by bulldozing homes and critical infrastructure.
Israeli military ‘expanding operations’ in northern West Bank
The Israeli military reports that its soldiers are “expanding operations” in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, which they have been heavily besieging since the start of the Gaza ceasefire.
The army also confirmed that it is currently attacking the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem, saying it dispatched its Ephraim Brigade to “thwart terrorism” in the area.
The Israeli military confirmed that “numerous” soldiers with the army, internal security agency Shin Bet and border guard are part of the incursion that started overnight, claiming that they have so far “struck down several terrorists and arrested additional wanted individuals in the area”.
Israeli army bulldozers are destroying infrastructure right now in Nour Shams refugee camp in the city of Tulkarm. pic.twitter.com/G8ywoJQ6p0
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Israeli forces kill pregnant woman in Nur Shams camp: Ministry
Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi, who was eight months pregnant, was killed during the Israeli military’s raid on the camp located near the northern city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, according to a statement by the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The statement on Telegram added that her husband was critically wounded by Israeli fire during the ongoing attack on the camp, which started at dawn.
The fetus of 23-year-old Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi, who was eight months pregnant and was killed earlier during the military raid on the camp, has also died, according to a statement by the Palestinian Health Ministry.
An update on Telegram said: “The medical crews have been unable to save the life of the fetus as the occupation prevented the transfer of the injured to the hospital, where the citizen Shalabi arrived martyred along with her fetus.”
Israel’s raid on Nur Shams camp causes widespread destruction: Report
We are receiving updates on the previously reported ongoing Israeli attack on the camp – located near the northern city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
The army’s raid on the camp has led to widespread destruction of infrastructure and forced residents to flee their homes, according to Palestine’s Wafa news agency.
Wafa said Israeli forces deployed heavy machinery and bulldozers to the camp early on Sunday. They conducted raids on dozens of homes, with heavy gunfire and massive explosions heard, while reconnaissance planes flew at low altitudes.
Wafa also reported that troops blocked off access points to the camp, also seizing residential buildings in the nearby neighbourhoods of Dhannaba, Iktaba and Dahiyat as-Salam, evicting residents.
Israeli forces converted these homes into military outposts and sniper positions, it added.
Earlier, the Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that Israeli soldiers prevented its medical teams from entering the camp, despite reports of casualties.
The attack on the camp comes as the Israeli army continues its operation in the north of the West Bank, targeting the Jenin, Tulkarem and Far’a refugee camps, killing dozens of Palestinians and displacing thousands of others.
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