IOF burns several homes in Tulkarem’s Nur Shams camp

WEST BANK(Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) burned on Thursday afternoon a number of Palestinian homes in Nur Shams refugee camp in eastern Tulkarem and wreaked havoc on public and private property during its large-scale operation in the West Bank, which entered its second day.

Local official Nihad ash-Shawish described the humanitarian situation in the camp as “extremely difficult,” especially after the IOF burned and detonated a number of homes and displaced their residents.

Meanwhile, the IOF continues to prevent civil defense and ambulance crews from entering the camp to provide medical assistance for injured citizens and evacuate an elderly man who was shot dead inside his house by an Israeli sniper.

Israeli forces also broke into and ransacked many homes in the camp, and continue to do so and cause widespread panic among children and women.

During the past hours, dozens of young men had also been herded into a commercial facility near the camp, where they are interrogated and assaulted before releasing them or taking them to a military base in the west of Tulkarem.