According to eyewitnesses, forces raided several neighborhoods in the city and arrested al-Jaghoub from his home in the Rafidia neighborhood. This brings the number of released prisoners rearrested to nine, while the occupation authorities are still holding four of them, according to Amani Sarahneh, media official for the Palestinian Prisoners Club. She considered these steps to represent a retreat by Israel from previously concluded agreements.
As part of the ongoing escalation, occupation forces carried out a series of raids early Tuesday morning in various cities and towns across the West Bank, arresting a number of Palestinians. Meanwhile, escalating attacks by the army and settlers continued.
Comprehensive escalation in Tulkarm: demolition, displacement, and forced demographic change
The occupation forces continue their intensive aggression on the city of Tulkarm and its two camps for the 100th day, including 87 days of continuous raids on the Nur Shams camp, amidst heavy losses in lives and property.
A field correspondent reported that occupation forces conducted nighttime sweeps of the city's streets and neighborhoods, particularly around the Martyr Thabet Thabet Roundabout, firing live ammunition and sound bombs. They also arrested two young men, Ahed Fathallah al-Hamshari, a civil defense officer, and Wissam Issam Odeh, after raiding their homes.
The forces also raided the home of former prisoner Hadi al-Hamshari, the director of political guidance in Tulkarm, and ransacked its contents. During the raids, the occupation forces tightened their siege on the city and its two camps, transforming neighborhoods into military barracks after seizing a number of homes and displacing their residents. They also caused widespread destruction to infrastructure and property, and sealed off entrances with earth mounds.
This comes as Israel begins implementing a plan to alter the features and demographic composition of the camps, paving the way for their evacuation. Last Thursday, residents of the two camps were notified of the demolition of 106 homes, including 58 in Tulkarm camp and 48 in Nour Shams camp. The occupation has already begun demolishing 15 residential buildings in the Manshiyya neighborhood of the camp.
Last night, the occupation announced its intention to demolish 19 more buildings, comprising more than 50 housing units, and gave residents just two hours to evacuate their properties, despite prior coordination. However, forces obstructed their entry, threatened them, and attacked them with bullets and grenades, including ambulance crews.
Tulkarm Governor Abdullah Kamil described the demolitions as "sadistic," noting that they reflect a criminal mentality aimed at deepening the suffering of the population and forcing them into forced displacement. He called on the international community and human rights organizations to take urgent action to halt the ongoing aggression against Tulkarm and its two camps.
Meanwhile, the occupying forces continue to seize homes on Nablus Street and the northern neighborhood, converting them into military sites and stationing their vehicles there. This escalation has resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians, including a child and two women, one of whom is pregnant. Dozens more have been injured and arrested, infrastructure and property destroyed, and several homes, shops, and vehicles burned and looted.
The attacks also resulted in the forced displacement of more than 4,200 families, comprising over 25,000 citizens, the complete destruction of 396 homes, and the partial damage of 2,573 others. The entrances and alleys remain blocked with earth mounds.
The siege and destruction continue in Jenin and its camp.
For 107 days, the city of Jenin and its camp have been subjected to an ongoing aggression, including systematic bulldozing and destruction of homes and infrastructure, and the imposition of a tight siege that prevents entry to the camp. The Jenin Municipality reported that approximately 600 homes were completely demolished in the camp, while most others were partially damaged and rendered uninhabitable, amid continued heavy gunfire.
The aggression resulted in widespread destruction of the city's facilities, particularly in the eastern and al-Hadaf neighborhoods, coinciding with the deployment of additional military reinforcements by the occupation forces and the deployment of infantry units in several neighborhoods. The attacks forced hundreds of families to flee, with the number of displaced persons from the city and camp estimated at more than 22,000.
The city's economic crisis has worsened, with business activity declining as a result of closures, the destruction of streets and infrastructure, and heavy losses incurred by businesses.
The occupation forces also continued to carry out arrest campaigns and raids in the towns of Yamoun, Silat al-Harithiya, and Rummana, resulting in the arrest of a number of young men. Meanwhile, the death toll since the start of the aggression on January 21 has risen to 40, in addition to dozens of injuries and detainees.