Israeli forces raid Tulkarm for 230th day, wound 60-year-old
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Israeli forces continued raids in Tulkarm and West Bank camps for the 230th day, injuring a 60-year-old and arresting locals as settlement drives expand.
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An Israeli occupation forces soldier fires tear gas during a military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, August 27, 2025 (AP)
Israeli forces kept up their military campaign in the city of Tulkarm and its two refugee camps for the 230th consecutive day on Saturday, carrying out daily incursions, imposing a tight blockade, and barring residents from entering Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, vandalizing homes and belongings. Witnesses said troops also targeted residents with live fire.
According to local sources, a 60-year-old man was shot and wounded at the western entrance of Tulkarm camp on Saturday morning. Israeli forces also detained two people from the village of Kafa, south of Tulkarm, while assaulting another resident and arresting foreign activists in Khirbet Ibziq, northeast of Tubas.
Elsewhere, Israeli troops stormed the town of Beitunia and the city of al-Bireh before dawn, raiding several neighborhoods, searching two homes and a shop, and questioning residents.
The escalation comes as Israeli authorities intensify raids across the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, alongside expanding settlement activity.
Mass arrests in Tulkarm
Tulkarm witnessed an unprecedented wave of detentions of Palestinians since Thursday, with Israeli occupation forces detaining more than 1,500 people, including pedestrians, shop owners, and vehicle drivers. All of those detained were later released, but the campaign marked one of the most sweeping arrest operations in the city in recent months.
Meanwhile, several Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers carried out an assault on the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah, coinciding with a large-scale escalation by Israeli occupation forces across the West Bank.
In the south, Israeli occupation forces stormed the city of Dura, near Hebron, detaining a young man. Occupation troops also raided the town of Beit Ummar to the north of the city.
Meanwhile, in Nablus, occupation forces raided a house in Beit Furik and carried out incursions in several areas, including Hittin Street and the Old City. Troops also advanced through the Deir Sharaf checkpoint, north of Nablus.
IOF kill 2 children, demolish houses in West Bank amid mass raids
On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces severely escalated their violations of the West Bank, detonating several homes and raiding Jenin, killing two children.
According to medics, two Palestinian children were killed and four others were injured by Israeli army fire in the West Bank city of Jenin on Monday evening. A Health Ministry statement confirmed that a 14-year-old boy, Islam Abdul-Aziz Nouh Majarmeh, was killed and two individuals were critically wounded during an incursion into the Jenin refugee camp.
Later, they confirmed that another Palestinian minor was martyred on Monday evening, having succumbed to his injury from Israeli army gunfire in the Jenin refugee camp, according to a medical source.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews provided first-aid treatment to a 17-year-old and rushed him to a hospital. The teen was injured with live fire by the gun-toting soldiers in the shoulder.
