Four Palestinians killed in Israeli drone attack on Tulkarm

Palestinian media quoted eye witnesses saying that a drone targeted a group of youths in Al-Tammam neighborhood inside the camp, killing a number of them and seriously wounding others.

The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that its crews transported the bodies of four slain Palestinians from inside the camp to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarm.

The occupation forces prevented ambulances and the Palestinian Red Crescent from entering the camp to transport the injured from the targeted location.

The occupation forces surrounded the site of the bombing and foot patrols were deployed in its vicinity.

The Israeli occupation forces have conducted an overnight raid against the city of Tulkarm and its camp since early hours of the night amid acts of vandalism and destruction of citizens’ property and infrastructure.

A large military force, accompanied by two military bulldozers, stormed the city at dawn from its western, northern and southern entrances.

Intense confrontations between local residents and occupation soldiers erupted following the raid, during which the occupation forces fired heavy live bullets, while sounds of explosions and live gunfire were heard from inside the city and its camp.

During the raid, Israeli forces detained two ex-prisoners and a third one after breaking into their houses and caused damages to their contents from different areas and neighborhoods of the city of Tulkarem.

Also, three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a vehicle near Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, according to local and security sources.

Sources said that an Israeli drone targeted a vehicle near the Barada Junction near Balata camp, completely burning it and resulting immediately in the killing of three men. Israeli forces prevented medical teams from reaching the place.

The three men were identified as Mohammad al-Qatawi, and siblings Saif al-Najmi and Yazan al-Najmi.

The occupying Israeli forces surrounded the vehicle by several military jeeps, during which the occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance crews and prevented them from reaching the burning vehicle.

The Red Crescent said that it was able to reach the vehicle only after the occupation forces withdrew from the area.

The occupation forces had previously stormed Balata camp accompanied by military vehicles, amid airstrikes and overflights by planes and drones, leading to violent confrontations between the camp’s residents and the occupation forces.

The occupation bulldozers proceeded to raze the entrance to the northern camp, Al-Wakala Schools Street, and Al-Okasha Neighborhood Street, and vandalized the infrastructure and citizens’ property, including vehicles, walls, and the entrances to a number of homes and shops,
The forces reportedly vandalized and damaged the memorial of the slain Palestinian Mahdi Al-Helu during the raid.

Intense confrontations between local reidents and occupation soldiers erupted following the raid, during which the occupation forces fired heavy live bullets, while sounds of explosions and live gunfire were heard from inside the city and its camp.