Israeli occupation forces demolished the home of martyr Tamer Fuqaha in Shuwaika, north of Tulkarm. A large military force, including a D10 bulldozer, stormed the area, deployed snipers, and carried out the demolition. Fuqaha’s family had been notified in November 2024 and given 72 hours to object. He was killed on May 4, 2024, after being accused of a shooting in November 2023 that killed an Israeli soldier. The demolition comes as part of an ongoing Israeli assault on Tulkarm, now in its third day, causing casualties, arrests, and widespread destruction.

On January 27, Israeli forces extended their "Iron Wall" operation in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, besieging them after special forces infiltrated the Rabaya neighborhood within the camp. Snipers were deployed on the rooftops of several houses and buildings at the entrances to the camp and its surroundings. The ongoing aggression caused significant damage to infrastructure, including water, internet, and electricity networks, as well as to citizens' properties, including vehicles and commercial shops.

• Two Palestinians were killed and four others were injured in an Israeli drone shelling that targeted a vehicle at the entrance to the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem.

• Israeli snipers, positioned in a building in the western neighborhood, opened heavy fire and struck the transformer, resulting in a power outage.

• Bulldozers and D9 destroyed the area surrounding Jamal Abdel-Nasser Roundabout in the heart of the city, along with the main water network. The demolition also extended to sidewalks and entrances to businesses in the area.

• Their D9 destroyed several vehicles parked along the sidewalks.

• They besieged the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital with Israeli military vehicles, and operated a lot of destruction (vehicle, tree, street, entrance. They prevented ambulances to join the hospital.

• They besieged the Al-Israa Specialized Hospital.

• They demolished and damaged infrastructure in the Al-Muqataa neighborhood at the western entrance to the Tulkarem refugee camp

• The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that its crews transported a 24-year-old man who was shot in the foot by live ammunition in Tulkarem. According to PRCS, Israeli forces stopped the ambulance, detained the medical team and forced them to take the injured young man to the military checkpoint west of the city.

• The injury of the young man brought the total number of Palestinians injured in Israel’s onslaught on Tulkarem today to six.

• Earlier this evening, a young man was also shot and injured in the thigh by Israeli forces' gunfire in the Tulkarem refugee camp.

• The Israeli forces raided also Shuwaika suburb north of the city, the town of Anabta to the east, and Faroun to the south, and deployed vehicles and foot patrols in various streets and neighborhoods, obstructing the movement of citizens and vehicles.

Names of the martyrs :

• Ihab Muhammad Atwi
• Ramez Bassam Damir

On January 28, the Israeli assault of the both camps intensifies, with displacement order, pressure on healthcare, snipers on rooftop.

Testominy "My aunts told me there are Israeli Genocide Army snipers scattered on rooftops all over Tulkarm. No one is leaving their home. Schools are cancelled. Tulkarm refugee camp was ordered evacuated and families are staying in local masajid. A pregnant woman in labor was turned back..."

3 injured were reported wounded by Israeli live bullets or shrapnels :

• A young Palestinian man was injured young man in the face by Israeli gunfire in eastern neighborhood. Despite the injury, Israeli forces obstructed PRCS from transporting him freely to the Thabet Thabet Government Hospital hospital holding them along with the casualty in front of a military checkpoint, west of the city, before detaining him despite he was in serious condition.

• A child was injured after being hit by Israeli army gunfire in the chest. He was subsequently rushed to a hospital in serious condition.

• A female journalist was injured by bullet shrapnel in the hand after the occupation soldiers opened live gunfire at journalists as the latter were covering the events in the city.

On January 29

• Israeli occupation forces demolished the home of martyr Tamer Fuqaha in Shuwaika, north of Tulkarm. A large military force, including a D10 bulldozer, stormed the area, deployed snipers, and carried out the demolition. Fuqaha’s family had been notified in November 2024 and given 72 hours to object. He was killed on May 4, 2024, after being accused of a shooting in November 2023 that killed an Israeli soldier. The demolition comes as part of an ongoing Israeli assault on Tulkarm, now in its third day, causing casualties, arrests, and widespread destruction.Israeli forces have intensified their operations in Tulkarem camp, imposing a complete blockade, deploying foot patrols, and forcing residents to leave their homes.

• According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, Israeli occupation forces storm a Red Crescent ambulance center in Tulkarm and conduct searches at the center in the occupied West Bank.

On the week end of February 2–3, 2025

• Israeli occupation forces have besieged Tulkarm and its camp for the eighth consecutive day. More military vehicles and infantry patrols have been deployed.

• On 3 february, At dawn, Israeli forces raided homes in Ezbet al-Tayah, south of Tulkarm, detaining five young men, including two brothers. Homes in the camp were raided, residents expelled, and buildings turned into military outposts for snipers.

• Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital and Israa Specialized Hospital remain under siege.Ambulances and medical crews are obstructed, searched, and interrogated.

• Red Crescent headquarters in central Tulkarm was raided and closed.Humanitarian workers were attacked and detained while evacuating elderly civilians.

• Homes and businesses were vandalized, looted, and destroyed. Vegetable stalls in the central market were crushed by military vehicles. Bulldozers caused widespread destruction, leading to a collapse of water, electricity, and communication services. Humanitarian Crisis

• Severe shortages of food, medical supplies, drinking water, and baby formula. The elderly, sick, women, and children are particularly affected. A Red Crescent team rescued an elderly man trapped for seven days without food or water.

• Sniper Attacks : Israeli forces stationed in seized buildings fired at civilians, injuring a 40-year-old man.

Threats and hindrances: Threatening leaflets were distributed in the hospitals' emergency areas, and Israeli forces hindered ambulance operations, conducting body searches and identity checks on staff and patients.

Targeting and damage: Snipers have been positioned inside homes, targeting residents with direct gunfire, while significant damage has been done to the camp's infrastructure and both public and private properties.

• A 70-year-old man was shot in the feet by Israeli forces in the Tulkarem refugee camp on Wednesday evening. PRCS teams responded to the medical emergency and transported the injured man to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital. The injured man was detained by Israeli forces while being transported by medical staff.

• A 54-year-old man sustained head injuries from shrapnel.

• A 52-year-old man was shot in the abdomen.

• A child was severely injured by a live bullet to the chest in the western neighborhood of Tulkarem city and was transferred to hospitals in Nablus for further treatment. He has been identified as 11-year-old Saddam Hussein Iyad Rajab. He remains in very critical condition during one week and finaly died on February 7.

The status report on February 12

The Israeli aggression on Tulkarm city and its camp has continued for the 17th consecutive day, with the fourth day of aggression in the Nour Shams camp.

• The siege on Tulkarm and Nour Shams camp continues, with forced displacement of residents, house raids, and arrests.

• The Israeli forces sent more military reinforcements to the area, including infantry deployed across neighborhoods, and the use of live ammunition and reconnaissance aircraft.

-Israeli forces raided the "new" Othman bin Affan Mosque in Tulkarm city, arresting displaced citizens. They also arrested Bader Hakam Hijazi from his home and two women (Ruba Al-Saed and Sireen Saidi) in early morning raids.

• A young man was injured by gunfire in Kafr Al-Labad, east of Tulkarm.

• The occupation forces are still imposing a siege on the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarm, particularly near the camp. Three buildings are being used as military barracks and sniper positions, preventing citizens from leaving their homes.

• Residents in the besieged area have called for urgent action from organizations like the Red Cross and Red Crescent to provide food, health services, and facilitate movement.

• A house belonging to the al-Awfi family was burned.Additional homes around the camp were seized and turned into military barracks and sniper positions.

• The Jabara Bridge at the southern entrance to Tulkarm has been closed for the fifth consecutive day, separating the city from the villages of Al-Kafriyat.

Mass Displacement in Nour Shams Camp: There has been a new wave of displacement in Nour Shams camp, with dozens of families being forced out under threat and intimidation, amid live ammunition fire and explosions.

• Israeli forces raided homes, destroyed their contents, and arrested residents.

• Bulldozers have destroyed infrastructure in several neighborhoods of Nour Shams camp, including Jabal al-Nasr, al-Salihin, al-Manshiya, and al-Maslakh, as well as Nablus Street.

• Three homes were blown up.

Burning and Seizing of Properties:

Humanitarian Crisis: Residents unable to leave their homes on the outskirts of the camp have appealed for food, water, medicine, and baby milk, as basic services like water, electricity, and communications have been cut off due to destruction of infrastructure.

On February 18, the 23rd Day of Tulkarm Invasion

Israeli forces attacked and targeted Palestinians with smoke bombs as they tried to recover their belongings from their homes threatened with demolition orders in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank.

They starting demolishing 16 Palestinian residential buildings under the pretext of expanding streets, amid the ongoing assault on the camp.

At this date, at least 12 Palestinians have been killed since January. Local sources stated that the Israeli forces have forced more than 10,000 Palestinians, nearly 80% of the camp’s population, to be displaced forcibly to towns and villages in the Tulkarem Governorate.

On February 20

• Teacher Ahmad Awad was killed after an Israeli occupation vehicle rammed into the car he and his wife were in today in Tulkarm. With Awwad's passing, the number of Palestinians killed in Tulkarm and its refugee camps during the ongoing Israeli offensive, now in its 26th day, has risen to 12. Among the casualties are a seven-year-old child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant.

• Coordinated bomb attacks on 3 empty buses in Tel Aviv occurred with an unexploded device labeled 'in retaliation of Tulkarm.' This appears to many observers as an Israeli 'false flag' operation, providing a pretext for violent collective punishment of West Bank and its annexation.