The Israeli occupation forces injured 11 Palestinians and detained others in the course of the large-scale offensive in Nur Shams refugee camp, east of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to the Health Ministry.
It confirmed that 11 injuries were admitted to the Thabet Thabet Government Hospital; seven people who sustained live ammunition injuries in addition to four others, who sustained injuries as a result of being beaten by the Israeli troops.
The injuries were described as being light to moderate.
The Ministry also confirmed its medical crews were informed there was an unidentified number of Palestinian fatalities and injuries in the camp, which remains besieged by the military, which continues to prevent ambulance crews from reaching them.
The ongong large-scale offensive has resulted in the killing of two Palestinians, including 15-year-old Qais Fathi Nasrallah, while eyewitnesses from inside the camp said that five people were killed by Israeli army gunfire.
The bodies of the fatalities continue to be withheld by the army.
Earlier today, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its crews managed to evacuate seven casualties from the camp to a nearby hospital.
It added that Israeli soldiers obstructed PRCS emergency ambulance crews from helping injured people in the camp, forced the casualties out of ambulances and inspected their identity cards.
This came as the occupation army continued to besiege the northern West Bank camp and sent additional reinforcements to it.
The occupation army launched Thursday evening a large-scale offensive against the refugee camp, triggering confrontations and causing extensive destruction.
The army, accompanied by two bulldozers, one of them a D9, stormed and imposed a strict siege on the camp, deploying military vehicles on all axes leading to the camp and closing the main street amid the flying of reconnaissance aircraft in the area.
Israeli bulldozers deliberately destroyed main streets, alleyways, water and wastewater networks on their way to and inside the camp, and tore down walls, stores and parts of houses in the camp.
Additionally, the Israeli forces sealed off the entrances of the camp with earth mounds and targeted electricity poles and wires along the main Nablus Street adjacent to the camp, causing power outages in parts of the area.
Scores of soldiers showed up at dozens of houses in the camp, broke inside, conducted thorough searches, interrogated occupants, wreaked havoc inside, and detained dozens of youths.
They turned some houses into military outposts, deployed snipers and prevented ambulances from entering the camp to transport the bodies of victims and evacuate casualties.
A commercial strike is observed today in Tulkarm district in condemnation of the offensive.
Various civil society organisations (CSOs) in the camp called on international organisations to intervene to secure the entry of medical staff to the camp and halt the offensive, particularly given the lack of access to food and medicines and the disconnection of the supply of water and electricity and Internet access.
(WAFA)
