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An Israeli military onslaught in the Tulkarm refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank has displaced 12,000 Palestinian residents, a local official said today.
“The occupation authorities are still occupying and besieging the Tulkarm camp and displacing its residents at gunpoint,” Deputy Governor Faisal Salama said in a statement.
“The Israeli forces are still wreaking havoc in the houses, streets, alleys, and all facilities in the camp,” he added.
Salama said 40 buildings comprising 100 residential apartments were destroyed by Israeli forces in the camp since last month.
“The Israeli army burnt 10 houses and demolished nearly 300 shops in the camp,” he added.
The deputy governor said the Israeli assault in the northern occupied West Bank has political goals and aims to reshape the demographic structure in the camp.
The occupation army has been conducting military operations in the northern West Bank since 21 January, killing more than 61 Palestinians and displacing thousands, according to Palestinian officials.
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