Israeli forces stormed, on Thursday at dawn, the Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, injuring three Palestinians and abducting two injured young men.
At dawn Thursday, Israeli special forces, backed by a large army force, invaded the Tulkarem refugee camp, triggering intense protests among local Palestinian young men and resistance fighters.
Occupation forces fired live ammunition, concussion grenades, and tear gas canisters at those who resisted the incursion, while armed resistance fighters exchanged fire with the army.
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Media sources said that Israeli forces shot and injured three Palestinian young men with live rounds, and abducted two men, including one who was injured, while sharpshooters were deployed in the alleys of the camp.
According to medical sources at Martyr Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarem, one Palestinian young man was shot with a live round in the shoulder and another was shot in the abdomen. Sources added that both young men are in stable condition.
Soldiers abducted Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al-Khadra, 35, after shooting him in the shoulder with live ammunition. The condition of the abducted young man was not known at the time of this report.
Meanwhile, occupation forces abducted Saad Mahmoud Balawneh, 45, after invading his home and assaulting he and his family.
Furthermore, the military wing of the Hamas resistance movement, the Al-Qassam Brigade, announced that they ambushed Israeli soldiers with a crude explosive device during the invasion.
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According to the Hebrew Channel 14, at least five occupation soldiers were injured, three of whom sustained serious injuries from the explosion, forcing them to withdraw from the camp.
At dawn Thursday, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian young men in Shufa village, southeast of Tulkarem in the northwestern occupied West Bank.
