Israeli army raids Tulkarem city, Nour Shams refugee camp in occupied West Bank

By Anadolu Staff

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - The Israeli army raided the city of Tulkarem and the Nour Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Saturday night.

Large forces of the Israeli army, accompanied by two military bulldozers, stormed the city from its western axis, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) conducted reconnaissance flights overhead, the agency added.

The Israeli forces surrounded Nour Shams, east of Tulkarem, and imposed a tight siege, it also reported, noting that the bulldozers destroyed the main water line feeding Nour Shams and "bulldozed the main street adjacent to the camp, and destroyed its infrastructure.”

A number of Palestinian homes were also raided and their residents interrogated. Violent confrontations also broke out between Palestinians and the Israeli forces.

This is the third aggression against the refugee camp this month and the second in a week.

At least five Palestinians were killed in UAV strikes on Nour Shams on Dec. 17.

Another 13 Palestinians, including five children, were killed in an earlier 30-hour raid on Oct. 19.

While the world’s attention is focused on Gaza, where Israeli attacks since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas has killed more than 20,250 Palestinians and led to a humanitarian catastrophe, violence in the occupied West Bank has grown.

At least 300 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops, arrest raids and attacks by illegal Jewish settlers since October.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi