The merciless Israeli military campaign in the northern West Bank has claimed the lives of 61 Palestinians since January 21, with the Tulkarem refugee camp enduring the brunt of this bloodshed, local officials reported Tuesday.

Amid this wave of violence, 12,000 residents have been forcibly displaced from the camp, their homes and lives shattered by an occupation bent on destruction and domination.

Deputy Governor Faisal Salama, in a furious statement, accused Israeli forces of leaving a trail of death and despair across Tulkarem. “The occupation has killed 61 of our people in the northern West Bank, besieging the camp, driving families out at gunpoint, and turning our streets into graveyards,” he said. The carnage has been relentless: 40 buildings containing 100 apartments razed, 10 homes burned to ashes, and nearly 300 shops demolished since last month, all part of what Salama called a Zionist scheme to erase Palestinians from their land.

“The army is wreaking havoc—destroying houses, alleys, and every shred of our existence,” Salama lamented. He charged that the mounting death toll and mass displacement are no accident but a deliberate tactic to reshape Tulkarem’s demographics and tighten Israel’s colonial chokehold. “They kill, they burn, they uproot us—but they will never break us,” he vowed, honoring the martyrs and the thousands now homeless.

The slaughter in Tulkarem reflects a broader assault across the occupied West Bank, where at least 923 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 7,000 injured by Israeli troops and illegal settlers since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, 2023, according to the Health Ministry. With 61 lives snuffed out in the northern region alone since January, the camp stands as a harrowing symbol of Palestinian suffering and resilience against an occupation that spares no one. (ILKHA)