Israeli Soldiers Raid Nur Shams Camp
The raid by Israeli soldiers on the Nur Shams Camp in the northern part of the occupied West Bank was recorded as an incident that deeply affected the lives of Palestinians in the region. The soldiers forcibly removed the Palestinians from their homes by handcuffing them and threatened to martyr them if they did not leave the area. It was reported that during this raid, the camp residents were forcibly removed from their homes and the houses were destroyed with construction equipment.
Residents of the Nur Shams Camp told AA about the fear and desperation caused by this incident. Palestinian Muhammed Majid Dima stated that Israeli soldiers who raided their home injured his father in the back and insulted his mother. Dima described his experiences in the following terms: “We were taken out of the house with our hands cuffed, they forced us miserable. We were out, we headed towards the city center, they told us to go towards Tulkerim, they told us that they would shoot those who did not go . They pushed us with the butts of their rifles, they insulted us.”
Dima emphasized that they were held handcuffed for two hours and that the inhumane treatment of the Israeli soldiers created great fear in the children. Beraa Dima, who lives in the Nur Shams Camp, stated that there was no resistance on the street where they lived and that their house was raided without any justification. Beraa Dima, “The raid by Israeli soldiers on our house was not normal; we were sitting at home with my children and my wife, and suddenly the windows started breaking.”he said.
Dima reported that Israeli soldiers were digging the camp streets with bulldozers, “We were taken out of the house with our hands cuffed, they made us miserable. We were taken out by force, they told us not to go to the city center but to the Tulkerim side, they told us that they would shoot those who Did not go. They pushed us with the butts of their rifles and insulted us.”He spoke as follows.
Israeli soldiers demolished the wall of the house of an elderly woman from Nur Shams with a bulldozer. The elderly woman, “First they came and called, I didn’t answer. Then they left and came back with a bulldozer.”The old woman stated that the bulldozer that came to the Nur Shams Camp accompanied by the Israeli army demolished the wall of her house under the protection of the soldiers, “What have we done to them? Oh world, look at our current state.”He expressed his sadness with his words.
Palestinian Neshet Amr, whose house and car were destroyed by a bulldozer, “The bulldozers were outside, I didn’t know what they were doing, then we saw they had destroyed the house, my car was under the tarpaulin there, they had destroyed that too.”He described his situation. Yezen Majid Dima, a resident of Nur Shams, said that Israeli soldiers first checked all the houses one by one and then entered the houses by blowing up the doors.
Dima, who stated that his father was injured in the back when the door was opened with an explosive, said that they were handcuffed for about two and a half hours and then taken outside and told that they would shoot at them if they did not proceed to the left (Tulkerim). Yezen Macid Dima asked the AA correspondent about the latest situation in Nur Shams Camp. “I don’t know, the shooting has been going on since this morning.”He responded as follows.
The Israeli army has set up military checkpoints at all entrances to the Nur Shams Camp, restricting Palestinians from leaving. Palestinian activist Suleiman al-Zuheyri told AA: “The Israeli army asked the residents of Nur Shams to evacuate their homes within 4 hours.”Zuheyri said the Israeli army set up military checkpoints at all entrances to the Nur Shams Camp and only allowed Palestinians to exit from a certain area.
Palestinian activist says Israeli army raids Tulkerim city and Nur Shams Camp “large-scale military operation”Zuheyri also noted that Israeli army bulldozers, under the protection of unmanned aerial vehicles, destroyed infrastructure around the city of Tulkerim and the Nur Shams Camp.
Since October 7, 2023, 662 Palestinians have been martyred in attacks by Israeli soldiers and Israelis who have usurped Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem. Since October 7, cities and camps in the north of the West Bank have been subjected to intense Israeli violence and the destruction of infrastructure in the region, punishing civilians. The Israeli army launched an offensive in the occupied West Bank this morning “wide-scale”The attacks reportedly left at least 11 Palestinians dead, many wounded, and some in critical condition. The Israeli army launched simultaneous attacks in the West Bank cities of Jenin and Tulkarim. The army also raided the al-Faria Camp near the northern West Bank city of Tubas, the city of Qalqilya, and several other towns.
