On Monday, Israeli occupation army deployed additional military reinforcements in Tulkarem, located in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank. Troops were heavily deployed around Jamal Abdul-Nasser Square, in the center of the city, as the army continued its offensive in Tulkarem for the 92nd day.
According to local reports, Israeli military vehicles invaded the city center, moving against traffic and disrupting vehicle movement, causing a severe traffic jam.
Soldiers stormed several shops and stores, and ransacked them before forcing owners to shut down their businesses.
They also chased civilians, particularly young men, inspecting their ID cards and searching their mobile phones. During the invasion, the soldiers abducted Abdul Abu Ghozza in front of his shop.
The Israeli occupation forces continued their provocative actions, accompanied by surveillance drones flying overhead.
The invasion comes as part of the ongoing military offensive, now in its 92nd consecutive day, resulting in killing 14 Palestinians, in addition to dozens of injuries and abductions, and the massive destruction of homes and infrastructure.
On Sunday, Israeli occupation forces have escalated their invasions, violations and assaults on residents and properties in Tulkarem.
On Saturday, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed the death of a Palestinian man who succumbed to serious wounds he suffered when an Israeli soldier shot him two months ago near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.
The sources said Israeli soldiers shot and critically injured the Palestinian, Ahmad Ibrahim Nassasra, 21, two months earlier when the army invaded Beit Furik, east of Nablus.
On Friday Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian child in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
Media sources said that occupation forces critically injured a child after shooting him in the chest with live ammunition during a military incursion into Salem village, on Friday afternoon.
Sources added that the child, Abdul Khaliq Musab Jabour, 16, was rushed to hospital for his critical injuries where doctors attempted live-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation which was unsuccessful; later pronouncing him dead.
On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed the Palestinian child, Mahmoud Mithqal Ali Abu Al-Haija (12 years old), on Wednesday in the town of Al-Yamoun. west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces have killed 131 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 24 children and 5 women, according to the Shireen Observatory.
Israeli Occupation forces and paramilitary colonizers have killed 55 Palestinians in Jenin, 20 in Tubas, 20 in Nablus, 14 in Tulkarem, 5 in Hebron, 5 in Bethlehem, 4 in Ramallah, 3 in Qalqilia, 2 in Salfit and 3 in Jerusalem.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers have killed 966 Palestinians, including 196 children, 22 women, 16 elders and 1 journalist, in the occupied West Bank.
279 were killed in Jenin governorate, 210 in Tulkarem, 112 in Nablus, 87 in Tubas, 82 in Hebron, 63 in Ramallah and Al-Biereh, 53 in Jerusalem, 36 in Qalqilia, 26 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho and Northern Plains, and 6 in Salfit.
On Monday, Israeli forces intensified their bombardment and shelling across multiple areas of the devastated and blockaded Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths and injuries of dozens of Palestinians, while Gaza remains in dire need of humanitarian aid and medical supplies, compounded by critical shortages of blood in its healthcare facilities.
Earlier Monday, medical sources in Gaza said 70 Palestinians killed since dawn on Sunday, and another 17 killed—most of them women and children—as the bombardments persisted past midnight into Monday – Day 42 since the resumption of the genocide.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks have killed more than 52,314 Palestinians, including 18,000 children and over 12,400 women.
Entire families have been wiped out, with over 2,180 families losing both parents and all their children. At least 117,792, largely children and women, have been injured.
The toll on healthcare workers has also been devastating, with over 1,400 doctors and medical staff killed, alongside 113 members of civil defense teams.
Additionally, more than 5,070 families have been reduced to just one surviving member.
Rescue and civil defense teams continue to face immense challenges in retrieving victims trapped under rubble amid relentless bombardment.
These figures remain incomplete, as many victims remain under rubble or on the streets, inaccessible to emergency and rescue teams in various parts of the destroyed Gaza Strip.
