TULKARM: The number of Palestinians who were killed during the massive, wide-scale raid by Israeli occupation forces into the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camp has risen to four, sources confirmed.
WAFA correspondent said that, according to medical sources, Ahmad Marwan Mahammad Abu Ali, 22, and Abdullah Mahmoud Al-Qaisi, 20, were shot dead by the occupation forces this morning. Their bodies were transferred to the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital.
Last night, Nidal Mamoun Abu Obaid, 23, and Iyad Nidal Azmi Kanouh, 19, were killed after an Israeli march bombed a site in Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp.
The Red Crescent Society said that its crews were finally able to enter Nour Shams camp long after the first two slain youth were injured in the bombing.
The occupation forces earlier prevented medical crews them from entering the camp, leaving the two youths to bleed for more than an hour and a half.
The National Action factions in Tulkarm mourned the four youths
, and declared a general mourning and a comprehensive commercial strike until 1:00 PM in the afternoon, after bidding farewell to the slain youths and laying them to rest.
The occupation forces left great damage to the infrastructure in the camp as they destroyed the main streets and citizens’ public and private property, specifically those located in the camp’s square and along Nablus Street adjacent to its entrance, which was completely destroyed.
The Nablus Street is essentially the main entrance to the camp and the city, which connects it to its eastern towns and the rest of the West Bank governorates.
The Israeli bulldozers demolished part of a house in the middle of Nour Shams camp, owned by local resident Samer Jaber, the father of the slain youth Mahmoud Jaber, and Mohammad Jaber, a wanted youth.
The Israeli forces called on the residents of Al-Mansheya neighborhood in the camp via loudspeakers to leave their homes, before leaving them outdoors in the cold weather, and turned a number of houses to
military barracks while shooting randomly at everything moving.
They also stormed the homes of citizens in Jabal al-Salehin, searched them, and subjected their residents to interrogation.
Israeli occupation forces embarked last night on a wide-scale raid of the Nour Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank province of Tulkarm, imposing a strict siege on it, according to local sources.
WAFA correspondent reported that as many as 50 Israeli military vehicles raided the Nour Shams refugee camp, declaring it a closed military zone, prohibiting entry and exit of Palestinian citizens into and out of the camp.
Additionally, Israeli forces raided several homes in Jabal Al-Saleheen neighborhood of the camp, conducting searches and subjecting the inhabitants to interrogation.
Meantime, Israeli drones targeted a site within the Al-Manshiya neighborhood of the camp, the nature of which remains unknown due to the tight siege, amidst pleas for help and ambulance access as several injuries were reported. However, I
sraeli forces are obstructing their entry.
Furthermore, Israeli bulldozers are currently leveling the surroundings of the Ikataba roundabout east of the neighboring Tulkarm city, along with the adjacent street facing the camp, destroying infrastructure.
This offensive coincides with a wide-scale invasion of the city from its western and southern entrances, involving over 50 Israeli military vehicles and heavy bulldozers.
Israeli surveillance and reconnaissance drones are hovering over the camp and the adjacent city of Tulkarm, amid reports of intense gunfire and explosions.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA