2024-04-20 11:02:10
Local sources reported on Saturday that Israeli forces bombed four houses in the Nour Shams camp in the West Bank, as residents called for urgent intervention given the presence of children, women and patients and the lack of food in the camp. and the prevention of the movement of citizens and ambulances, according to what a correspondent for the Al-Hurra channel reported.
The sources explained that the bombing of the houses was carried out using “Anerga” shoulder launchers, while sounds of explosions continued to be heard in this camp located in the east of the governorate of Tulkarem, northwest of the West Bank.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment Saturday, but said Friday it was working “to thwart terrorism in the light of the sun,” adding that its forces had killed “a number of terrorists, arrested a number of wanted people. people, removed mines, bulldozed axes and raked buildings.
In a related development, on Friday and Saturday, Israeli forces arrested at least 30 people from the West Bank, including 3 women from Jerusalem, who were later released, half of them from the Nour Shams camp.
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