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Arrests in Tammun

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by IMEMC News
Feb 5, 2025

On Tuesday, Israeli forces continued its aggression against the governorates of Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas, amid the killing of Palestinians, the destruction of infrastructure and homes, and the displacement of many citizens.

Israeli forces continued its aggression against the city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, for the fifteenth consecutive day, with reports of demolitions and arrests.

Media sources said that Civil Defense crews rescued a wounded Palestinian young man from a demolished building in the Al-Damj neighborhood of the Jenin refugee camp.

Brigadier General Abdul Latif Abu Amsha, the Director of Civil Defense, told the WAFA News Agency that its rescue crews were alerted to the sounds of screams under the rubble of a house in the Al-Damj neighborhood, before they were able to rescue a woman and her three children.

Media sources said that Israeli forces detonated two homes inside the Jenin refugee camp, while the sounds of explosions could be heard.
Sources added that the army notified the family of the slain, Nidal Al-Amer, that their home near the Al-Ansar Mosque in the camp will be detonated.

Occupation forces abducted an unidentified young man and confiscated his vehicle near the Al-Hathnawi roundabout in the center of Jenin city, in addition to detaining and assaulting a young man in the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital in Al-Mahta neighborhood in the city.

In related news, the army stormed the town of Rummanah, northwest of Jenin, and deployed infantry units in its neighborhoods and streets; no arrests or injuries were reported.

In a statement, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that the situation in the Jenin refugee camp “is heading towards a catastrophic direction,” adding that according to its reports, “all the camp’s residents had left by this morning.”
Meanwhile, Israeli forces continued for the ninth consecutive day, their offensive against the city of Tulkarem and the Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northwestern part of the West Bank.

Media sources said that the army continued to invade and ransack citizens’ homes and force their residents to leave, occupying a number of them to use as military points.

In the Iktaba suburb, east of Tulkarem city, Israeli forces besieged the Al-Huji family home, and demanded over loudspeakers for the family to come out, subjecting them to interrogation, while invading nearby homes and positioning snipers on their rooftops.

According to Abdullah Kamil, the Governor of Tulkarem, more than 75% of the Tulkarem refugee camp has been forcibly displaced by the occupation army.

In related news, the army invaded the town of Qaffin, north of Tulkarem, while soldiers spread through the streets randomly opening fire with live rounds.

Furthermore, for the third consecutive day, occupation forces continued their incursion in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, and the Al-Far’a refugee camp, southwest of the city, in the northeastern part of the West Bank.

According to Kamal Bani Odeh, the director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Tubas, occupation forces abducted 14 citizens, including 2 women, after invading their homes, in addition to detaining dozens of citizens and subjecting them to interrogation.

In the Al-Far’a refugee camp stormed and ransacked several citizens’ homes, forcibly evacuating many residents and converting the homes into military barracks.

The bulldozing of the infrastructure in Tammun town and the Al-Far’a camp, resulted in the disruption of water and electricity in some areas.

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