The Israeli occupation regime continues its relentless military campaign against the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camps, with the siege on Tulkarm now entering its 108th consecutive day, and the aggression on Nur Shams camp ongoing for the 95th day.

The offensive reflects a broader policy of terror and ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.

According to local sources, Israeli forces stormed the city and both camps once again on Wednesday, deploying heavily armored vehicles and infantry units from the western Nitzani Oz checkpoint. Military patrols roamed the main streets, deliberately creating chaos by driving against traffic, honking aggressively, and blocking civilian movement in an apparent attempt to intimidate and further traumatize the local population.

Nablus Street, which connects Tulkarm to Nur Shams, was reported to be saturated with occupation infantry units moving between the Shuweika roundabout and Alimi Street. The presence of troops and the disruption to daily life underscore the suffocating siege imposed on the entire area.

Amid this ongoing aggression, Israeli forces continue to intensify their assaults, maintaining a strict siege around both camps. Residents are barred from entering their homes or retrieving their belongings, while the area echoes with the sounds of explosions, live gunfire, and sound bombs.

In Nur Shams, entire neighborhoods—including Al-Manshiya, Al-Maslakh, Al-Jami', Al-Eyada, and Al-Shuhada—have been left in ruins following the systematic demolition of homes and infrastructure. The destruction is part of an occupation blueprint aimed at demolishing at least 106 homes and residential structures in the camps. Already, more than 400 homes have been completely destroyed and 2,573 partially damaged, displacing over 4,200 families, or approximately 25,000 Palestinians.

Tension remains high as residents brace for further demolitions and violence, with Israeli forces having forcibly evacuated numerous buildings and turned them into military barracks—particularly along Nablus Street and in the northern neighborhood of Tulkarm.

Over the past three months of occupation brutality, 13 Palestinians, including a child and two women—one of whom was eight months pregnant—have been killed. Dozens more have been injured or arbitrarily detained. Homes, businesses, vehicles, and vital infrastructure have been subjected to looting, arson, and total or partial demolition.

Entire neighborhoods have been cut off from the rest of the city with earth mounds, transforming once-vibrant refugee camps into ghost towns—a clear sign of Israel’s escalating war crimes against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.

The continued aggression on Tulkarm and Nur Shams forms part of a broader Israeli strategy of dispossession and repression in the occupied West Bank, where the occupation has increasingly relied on collective punishment, home demolitions, and forced displacement as tools to break Palestinian resistance and dismantle community life.

Observers and human rights organizations have condemned the Israeli regime’s actions as war crimes and crimes against humanity, carried out with the silence and complicity of the international community.

As the siege stretches on, Palestinians in Tulkarm and Nur Shams continue to stand firm in the face of occupation brutality, calling on the world to break its silence and hold Israel accountable for its systematic campaign of destruction, displacement, and apartheid. (ILKHA)