'Israel' kills Tulkarm Brigade commander during raid on Nur Shams camp
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The Tulkarm Brigade confirms that its fighters are engaged in widespread defensive operations and fierce confrontations against raiding Israeli occupation forces.
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An Israeli military bulldozer breaks the asphalt along a street in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, during a raid on April 19, 2024. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
The commander of al-Quds Brigades - Tulkarm Brigade, Mohammad Jaber (Abu Shujaa), was martyred Friday at the hands of Israeli occupation forces after they imposed a siege on the Nur Shams refugee camp for more than 18 hours.
The Brigades confirmed that its Resistance fighters are engaged in widespread defensive operations and fierce confrontations using machine guns and explosive devices against the raiding Israeli occupation forces on all axes, inflicting casualties among them.
أبو شجاع استشهد برصاص الاحتلال خلال العدوان المستمر على طولكرم ومخيمها نور شمس
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The Israeli military said that an officer from the reserve forces, along with three other soldiers, were wounded in the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarm, northwest of the occupied West Bank.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported ongoing confrontations between Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces in the camp. The Israeli occupation forces detained at least 10 Palestinians in the Nur Shams camp.
Our correspondent had reported violent explosions in the Nur Shams camp, where confrontations intensified as the Israeli occupation forces besieged the camp from all directions.
Al-Quds Brigades - Tulkarm Brigade announced that its fighters in Nur Shams camp have been engaging the Israeli occupation forces on several axes since Thursday evening, with reports about an explosive device detonating in Israeli military vehicles raiding the camp.
مخيم نور شمس-طولكرم pic.twitter.com/L4zJ9xUXXf
— tasneem (@tasneemqt) April 19, 2024
Palestinian media outlets pointed out that the Israeli incursion resulted in massive destruction in the Nur Shams camp, with military bulldozers deliberately destroying shops there.
مصادر محلية: دمار واسع ينفذه جيش الاحتلال بمخيم نور شمس في طولكرم خلال الاجتياح المستمر. pic.twitter.com/lUjB2rQ3Yz
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) April 19, 2024
During the raid, the Israeli occupation forces detained Palestinian youths Asyad Taha and Alaa al-Tammouni from their homes in the Shweika suburb and al-Jarad neighborhood in Tulkarm city.
The occupied West Bank has been witnessing daily confrontations, especially since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, with its towns and cities subjected to daily Israeli raids accompanied by extensive detention campaigns.
