Israeli aggression on West Bank continues, Resistance confronts
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Israeli occupation forces launch a campaign of raids, incursions, and arrests in the West Bank, while Palestinian resistance forces resist using heavy gunfire.
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Israeli occupation vehicles are seen during a military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin on March 11, 2025 (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Israeli occupation forces launched a raid on the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, carrying out a wave of arrests and assaults.
During the operation, a 40-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman sustained injuries after being violently attacked by Israeli forces.
According to Amid Ahmed, director of the Red Crescent's emergency and ambulance center in Nablus, medical teams treated both individuals for bruises resulting from the assault.
As part of the raid, Israeli forces stormed the al-Taawon al-Alawiya neighborhood, forcibly entering multiple homes, ransacking their interiors, and arresting Mahmoud Awada.
🚨IDF Criminals raid 🇵🇸Al-Taawun neighborhood in Nablus, West Bank, & invade residents' homes. pic.twitter.com/g5PqZjTfxo
— Ellen Jean Abare (@EllenJeanAbare) March 29, 2025
Simultaneously, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Tammun, southeast of Tubas.
According to local media, the forces entered the town through the Atouf military checkpoint, encircled a residential building, and deployed additional reinforcements, including a bulldozer.
جانب من اقتحام قوات الاحتلال لحي التعاون في نابلس، وسط مداهمات لمنازل الأهالي. pic.twitter.com/wTF8G7O2nY
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) March 29, 2025
Local media further reported that heavy gunfire echoed throughout the town during the raid.
The al-Quds Brigades – Tubas Battalion declared that its fighters in the Tammun Company were engaging Israeli forces, unleashing heavy gunfire in response.
This raid is part of the ongoing Israeli military campaign across the occupied West Bank, marked by widespread arrests, home invasions, and movement restrictions.
Continuous aggression on Tulkarm for the 62nd day
For the 62nd consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces have continued their assault on the city of Tulkarm and its refugee camp, while their aggression against the Nur Shams camp has persisted for 49 days. This ongoing escalation has seen the deployment of additional military reinforcements, including armored vehicles and bulldozers.
Local media reported that Israeli forces have sent new reinforcements to Nur Shams camp, bringing in heavy machinery and bulldozers as part of an intensified military campaign and a suffocating siege. Soldiers have fired flares over the al-Mahjar neighborhood and deployed around Jabal al-Salihin inside the camp, carrying out widespread searches.
Meanwhile, the Tulkarm refugee camp remains under a heavy military occupation, with Israeli forces storming neighborhoods and alleys, raiding homes, breaking down doors, and ransacking their contents. Residents of the al-Hadaida and al-Raba’a neighborhoods continue to face forced displacement after being expelled from their homes, as Israeli forces seize dozens of houses and turn them into military outposts.
Earthen barriers were placed by the occupation forces to obstruct the movement of citizens around the Tulkarm camp. pic.twitter.com/Q5RYBAAgUZ
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) March 27, 2025
Israeli occupation forces have escalated their military presence throughout the city, setting up flying checkpoints at strategic entrances, including Faroun Roundabout to the south, al-Salam Roundabout to the east, Nablus Street near the Tulkarm refugee camp, and the Dhnaba suburb near the Attar platforms.
Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers stopped passing vehicles, checked passengers' IDs, and subjected many individuals to field interrogations and mistreatment, causing significant disruptions and delays for residents trying to reach their destinations.
Israeli forces also arrested two young men, Maysara Majli and Asid Abu Mahrouq, from the Dhnaba suburb east of Tulkarm, although both were later released.
In a separate incident, the occupation authorities informed the family of Anas Ayman Turabi, a young man from the southern neighborhood of Tulkarm, that he was in their custody. His family had lost contact with him for two days, raising widespread concern over his whereabouts and well-being.
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The ongoing aggression against the city and its camps has resulted in the deaths of 13 civilians, including a child and two women, one of whom was eight months pregnant. Dozens more have been injured and arrested, while over 4,000 families have been forcibly displaced from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, along with several families from the city’s northern neighborhood. Their homes were seized, and many were converted into military barracks.
The violence has also caused widespread destruction of infrastructure, including homes, shops, and vehicles, all subjected to demolition, burning, vandalism, looting, and theft. A total of 396 homes were destroyed, and 2,573 were partially damaged in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, with their entrances and alleys blocked by earth mounds.
Continuous aggression on Jenin for the 68th day
The Israeli occupation has sustained its aggression on the city of Jenin and its camp for the 68th consecutive day, continuing to bulldoze and burn homes while converting others into military barracks.
Reinforcements were sent from the Jalameh military checkpoint, accompanied by water tankers, to secure the perimeter of the camp. The occupation forces have intensified their bulldozing and destruction operations, particularly targeting the road network within the camp.
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Jenin Municipality, through Mayor Mohammed Jarrar, confirmed that the Jenin camp has become uninhabitable. The destruction has severely impacted 600 homes and resulted in the complete demolition of the camp's infrastructure.
Jarrar further noted that the occupation is imposing a full siege on the governorate, home to 360,000 people, and conducting a massive arrest campaign that has detained hundreds of residents. The number of displaced individuals from the Jenin camp has reached 21,000.
The ongoing aggression on Jenin and its camp, which has now lasted for 68 days, has led to 34 martyrs, dozens of injuries, and hundreds of arrests, along with raids on homes, villages, and towns across the governorate.
