TULKAREM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have been launching a brutal aggression on the city of Tulkarem and its refugee camp for the second month in a row and waging an offensive on Nour Shams refugee camp near the city amid an ongoing tight siege for 17 consecutive days.
The media committee in Tulkarem camp, north of the West Bank, revealed, in a statement on Tuesday, that the Israeli aggression has so far caused a remarkable destruction in infrastructure and property and led to the martyrdom of 12 citizens, in addition to dozens of others injured or detained.
The statement explained that the IOF has been laying out a suffocating siege on the Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps, coinciding with large-scale incursions into the city, during which IOF besieged hospitals and broke into homes, turning them into military barracks while bombing, burning and demolishing dozens of them.
It added that the IOF displaced the people at gunpoint, leading to a large wave of displacement among the residents of the two camps exceeding 15,000 people, distributed to shelter centers and homes of relatives in the city, its suburbs, and villages.
The committee pointed out that the Israeli aggression has caused a mass destruction to the infrastructure, including electricity, water, sanitation, and communications networks, which tremendously affected the lives of the residents who remained in some neighborhoods of the Tulkarem and Nour Shams camps, exacerbating their suffering due to severe shortage of food, water, medicines and infant formula.
At least 12 citizens were martyred in Tulkarem, including a seven-year-old child and a pregnant woman, while more than 20 people were injured, and 165 others were arrested, it elaborated.
The media committee called for intensifying the societal support for Tulkarem city and its camps, and for shedding light on the war crimes committed by the IOF against Palestinians.
