Palestinian Resistance in Tulkarm confronts heavy IOF incursion
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Several Resistance groups announce engaging in fierce battles against the storming Israeli occupation forces.
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An explosive device was detonated in an Israeli military bulldozer during an incursion by occupation forces into the city of Tulkarm and its camp in the northwest of the West Bank on August 22, 2024 (Social media)
The al-Qassam Brigades - Tulkarm Brigade announced on Thursday that its fighters engaged in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation soldiers storming the Tulkarm camp in the occupied West Bank.
The Resistance group said it detonated IEDs in Israeli forces and their military vehicles, confirming direct hits.
Similarly, the al-Quds Brigades - Tulkarm Brigade stated that its fighters confronted the invading Israeli forces with intense gunfire and explosive devices.
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The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Tulkarm Brigade also confirmed that their fighters engaged in fierce combat with Israeli forces around the camp using automatic weapons and explosive devices.
The Israeli occupation army admitted that a soldier was injured during confrontations with Resistance fighters in Tulkarm and its camp.
Israeli media reported that an Israeli aircraft targeted a group of Resistance fighters without hitting them, but confirmed that the militants successfully detonated an explosive device on an Israeli military bulldozer.
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Israeli media reported that an Israeli aircraft targeted a group of Resistance fighters but missed its intended target.
Meanwhile, reports confirmed that the fighters successfully detonated an IED in an Israeli military bulldozer, causing damage to the vehicle.
Local sources reported that a Palestinian youth was wounded by Israeli gunfire in Tulkarm.
Seven Israeli military vehicles stormed the city from the western side, advancing through multiple neighborhoods, particularly concentrating on the western and eastern sectors.
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The convoy eventually took up strategic positions around key locations, including the Al-Isra Specialized Hospital, the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital, and the area adjacent to the District Coordination Office near the Tulkarm camp.
Heavy gunfire and reconnaissance aircraft were heard over the city and its camps.
Israeli forces deployed additional reinforcements accompanied by military bulldozers towards the city and its camp, positioning snipers on tall buildings.
The bulldozers began demolishing infrastructure at the western entrance of the Tulkarm camp while other military vehicles were stationed along Nablus Street near the camp's northern entrance and in the adjacent Dhannaba area.
In the context of Israeli attack on the occupied West Bank, occupation forces launched a series of raids targeting the industrial area in al-Bireh, the town of Azzun east of Qalqilya, the village of Bazariya northwest of Nablus, the vicinity of al-Ain camp in Nablus, the town of Asira al-Shamaliya north of Nablus, and al-Arroub camp north of al-Khalil.
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