Israeli arson, bulldozers and forced labour in the West Bank’s Tulkarem
Occupied West Bank, Palestine – Close to Tulkarem, on the outskirts of the Nur Shams refugee camp, grey apartment blocks sit empty. Abandoned cars are strewn amid rubble where homes once stood. Shops are silent, streaked black where flames licked against the windows.
Amid escalating violence by settlers from illegal Israeli settlements across the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military has intensified its efforts to forcibly displace the tens of thousands of Palestinians who live in the Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps.
An unprecedented ground assault, replete with bulldozers, arson, and sniper fire, has made life impossible for the people there, most of whom have been pushed out to shelters or other villages.
Israeli forces attack olive pickers with gas bombs northwest of Tulkarem
Israeli forces threw gas bombs at farmers and volunteers as they tried to join the olive picking campaign in the town of an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya, northwest of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank.
The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission reported that the attack led to several people suffering from suffocation due to the toxic gas.
Al Jazeera has verified social media footage of the attack on those joining the olive harvest.
Israeli forces storm town of Tammun in the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces stormed the eastern area of the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources told the Wafa news agency that soldiers entered the area with a number of patrols. A military bulldozer was also used to close a side road. Israeli troops are searching in the area.
According to official Palestinian figures, more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli soldiers and Israelis from illegal settlements – and about 20,000 arrested – since the genocide in Gaza began two years ago.
