TULKAREM: The Israeli occupation forces tonight blew up the family home of slain Palestinian Sanad Ghannam in the Nur Shams refugee camp, in the city of Tulkarem, in the northern occupied West Bank, said WAFA correspondent.
Forces also destroyed several homes and private and public facilities in and around the said camp.
Forces blew up the house after forcing all members of the Ghannam family to leave. The slain Palestinian was killed by the Israeli forces in 2005 and the house was destroyed several times by the occupation during the past years.
They also shelled a site in Jabal Al-Nasr area of Nur-Shams camp, where a huge explosion that shook the camp and the city was heard, followed by heavy smoke seen coming from the targeted location.
According to eyewitnesses, the explosion was caused by a missile fired by a drone, concurrently with a series of consecutive explosions targeting several citizens’ properties across the camp, which caused fire to break out.
The occupation forces also used machinery to b
reak down the doors of houses and shops along the street at the entrance of the camp, where they wreaked havoc and tampered with their contents.
The majority of residents’ houses in the camp were raided and vandalized and their owners were detained and subjected to field interrogation. Dozens of houses in the camp were turned into military outposts and snipers were deployed on the rooftops of the highest buildings in the camp after forcing their inhabitants to leave the camp.
Forces also broke into the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque, took over its rooftop and turned it into a military observation post.
The army reportedly intensified tonight its military reinforcements in the camp, which has been under continuous aggression and tight siege for 19 consecutive hours. A curfew has also been imposed on the residents since the start of the military offensive against the camp.
Forces also stormed the neighboring Tulkarm camp, where Israeli bulldozers destroyed the streets, infrastructure, shops, vehicles, and the pr
operty of citizens across its various neighborhoods, amid a strict siege, which led to the outbreak of violent confrontations.
Israeli military tanks and vehicles were also deployed throughout the city and Nur Shams camp. According to eyewitnesses, the occupation forces raided and searched the Cultural Club in the city.
Forces reportedly stopped residents’ vehicles and citizens, including minors, and subjected them to field interrogations and body searches.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA