Six Palestinians were killed, and many others were injured, earlier on Wednesday, when an Israeli occupation army drone bombed a house and gatherings of civilians in the refugee camp of Tulkarm, north of the occupied West Bank.
WAFA correspondent and local sources in the camp confirmed that six Palestinians were killed and were identified as Rami Al-Shomali, Uday Al-Zayyat, Ahmad Salit, Mohammad Abu Anin, Bassam Al-Shafi’i, and Firas Awad Balouneh.
The number of the slain Palestinians initially could not be confirmed by health sources as a result of the occupation forces’ siege of Tulkarm hospitals and their attempts to kidnap their bodies and detain the injured.
Local sources reported that an occupation drone bombed with two missiles a house in Al-Balawneh neighborhood in the Tulkarm camp, wounding at least three young men, while it later bombed gatherings of citizens.
Meanwhile, the occupation forces imposed a siege on the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in the city of Tulkarm, which obstructed amb
ulances transfering the injured to receive treatment.
Eyewitnesses also reported that the occupation army chased the ambulances, obstructed their work, and prevented them from moving freely.
The occupation forces surrounded Al-Israa Specialized Hospital, stormed the emergency room vicinity of Thabet Hospital, and searched ambulances carrying the casualties.
At midnight on Tuesday, the occupation forces stormed the city and camp of Tulkarm, sparking confrontations.
WAFA correspondent reported that large forces from the occupation army stormed the city of Tulkarm from its western side, passing through Al-Sika and Nablus Streets, and around Ektaba roundabout to the east, and deployed its snipers on the roofs of several buildings in the area, as an Israeli army drone flew all over the city and its camp.
Later, the Israeli occupation army declared the Tulkarm camp and its surrounding areas military zones and declared a curfew there, especially Hanoun Square, Al-Rabay’ah, and Al-Balawneh.
Israeli army vehicle
s were stationed at the entrances to the camp as two bulldozers broke their way into the area, while violent confrontations took place.
The Israeli aggression against the city and camp of Tulkarm caused great destruction to the streets, infrastructure, and citizens’ property.
This morning, ambulance crews were able to transport two injured people to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, one of them seriously after being hit by shrapnel from a missile from a drone in the face, chest and head, while the second was a child, 16, injured by shrapnel in the face.
The occupation bulldozers closed the entrance to the camp from the Muqata Street side with dirt blocks, bulldozed the streets, and neighborhoods og the camp, caused great destruction to the infrastructure and citizens’ properties, and blew up a room in the Balouneh neighborhood in the middle of the camp.
The occupation forces also stormed the suburb of Dhanaba, east of Tulkarm, raided a number of citizens’ homes, subjected their residents to interrogati
on, and arrested the young man Mutasim Al-Kamel after raiding his house.
The national and Islamic forces in Tulkarm declared a comprehensive strike in all aspects of life to mourn the slain Palestinians of the Tulkarm camp.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA