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Al-Ahram Weekly
10-02-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Pregnant mother one of two women killed by Israeli soldiers near Tulkaram in occupied West Bank - War on Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced Sunday that a pregnant woman was killed during a raid by Israeli occupation forces on Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm city in the northern West Bank. The ministry reported that Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi, 23, who was eight months pregnant, was shot and killed by Israeli fire, while her husband suffered a critical head injury. The medical teams in Tulkarm could not save the baby's life because the Israeli occupation forces obstructed the evacuation of the wounded to the hospital, WAFA news agency reported. Murad Alyan, a member of the popular committee in the Nur Shams camp, told AFP that the couple "were trying to leave the camp before the occupation forces advanced into it. They were shot while they were inside their car." The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned what it described as "a crime of execution committed by the occupation forces", accusing Israeli forces of "deliberately targeting defenceless civilians". The health ministry later said a second woman, 21-year-old Rahaf Fouad Abdullah al-Ashqar was killed in a separate incident in Nur Shams. A source in the camp's popular committee said she was killed and her father wounded when the "Israeli forces used explosives to open the door of their family house". AFP footage from Nur Shams showed army bulldozers clearing a path in front of what appeared to be empty buildings in the densely packed camp, which is home to about 13,000 people. The Israeli military earlier said its forces were "expanding the operation in northern Samaria", using the biblical term for the north of the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967. The Israeli assault on Tulkarm in northern West Bank has entered its 14th consecutive day, causing widespread destruction to infrastructure and forcing residents to flee their homes. On Sunday, Israeli forces deployed large military reinforcements, including heavy machinery and bulldozers, into the Nur Shams camp. The army carried out raids on dozens of homes, accompanied by intense live fire, loud explosions, and low-flying surveillance drones, WAFA added. Mass displacement Since the start of the year, the ongoing Israeli crackdown in the northern West Bank governorates has killed dozens of Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of homes, forcing thousands to flee for their lives. As part of its large-scale assault that began in early January, Israel also stationed additional military reinforcements to Tammun town and Al-Fara'a refugee camp in the Tubas governorate on Sunday, Palestinian media platforms reported. The Israeli forces tightened the siege on the Tammun and Al-Fara'a camps and bombed over 100 homes in the Jenin refugee camp. An Al Jazeera tally indicated that the Israeli assault on the northern West Bank has forcibly displaced 30,000 Palestinians from their homes in the past two weeks. Moreover, the Palestinian health ministry reported that the occupation forces have killed over 70 people, including 10 children, in the West Bank since the start of the year. These losses add to the 888 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank since the Gaza war began on 7 October 2023. Short link:
Al-Ahram Weekly
09-02-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Israeli forces kill pregnant woman as they force Palestinians out of homes wholesale in northern West Bank - War on Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced Sunday that a pregnant woman was killed during a raid by Israeli occupation forces on Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm city in the northern West Bank. The ministry reported that Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi, 23, who was eight months pregnant, was shot and killed by Israeli fire, while her husband suffered a critical head injury. The medical teams in Tulkarm could not save the baby's life because the Israeli occupation forces obstructed the evacuation of the wounded to the hospital, WAFA news agency reported. The Israeli assault on Tulkarm in northern West Bank has entered its 14th consecutive day, causing widespread destruction to infrastructure and forcing residents to flee their homes. On Sunday, Israeli forces deployed large military reinforcements, including heavy machinery and bulldozers, into the Nur Shams camp. The army carried out raids on dozens of homes, accompanied by intense live fire, loud explosions, and low-flying surveillance drones, WAFA added. Mass displacement Since the start of the year, the ongoing Israeli crackdown in the northern West Bank governorates has killed dozens of Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of homes, forcing thousands to flee for their lives. As part of its large-scale assault that began in early January, Israel also stationed additional military reinforcements to Tammun town and Al-Fara'a refugee camp in the Tubas governorate on Sunday, Palestinian media platforms reported. The Israeli forces tightened the siege on the Tammun and Al-Fara'a camps and bombed over 100 homes in the Jenin refugee camp. An Al Jazeera tally indicated that the Israeli assault on the northern West Bank has forcibly displaced 30,000 Palestinians from their homes in the past two weeks. Moreover, the Palestinian health ministry reported that the occupation forces have killed over 70 people, including 10 children, in the West Bank since the start of the year. These losses add to the 888 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank since the Gaza war began on 7 October 2023. Short link:
Al-Ahram Weekly
09-02-2025
- Politics
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Israeli forces kill pregnant woman, drive mass displacement in West Bank - War on Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced Sunday that a pregnant woman was killed during a raid by Israeli occupation forces on Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm city in the occupied West Bank. The ministry reported that Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi, 23, who was eight months pregnant, was shot and killed by Israeli fire, while her husband suffered a critical head injury. The medical teams in Tulkarm could not save the baby's life because the Israeli occupation forces obstructed the evacuation of the wounded to the hospital, WAFA news agency reported. The Israeli assault on Tulkarm in northern West Bank has entered its 14th consecutive day, causing widespread destruction to infrastructure and forcing residents to flee their homes. On Sunday, Israeli forces deployed large military reinforcements, including heavy machinery and bulldozers, into the Nur Shams camp. The army carried out raids on dozens of homes, accompanied by intense live fire, loud explosions, and low-flying surveillance drones, WAFA added. Mass displacement Since the start of the year, the ongoing Israeli crackdown in the northern West Bank governorates has killed dozens of Palestinians and destroyed hundreds of homes, forcing thousands to flee for their lives. As part of its large-scale assault that began in early January, Israel also stationed additional military reinforcements to Tammun town and Al-Fara'a refugee camp in the Tubas governorate on Sunday, Palestinian media platforms reported. The Israeli forces tightened the siege on the Tammun and Al-Fara'a camps and bombed over 100 homes in the Jenin refugee camp. An Al Jazeera tally indicated that the Israeli assault on the northern West Bank has forcibly displaced 30,000 Palestinians from their homes in the past two weeks. Moreover, the Palestinian health ministry reported that the occupation forces have killed over 70 people, including 10 children, in the West Bank since the start of the year. These losses add to the 888 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank since the Gaza war began on 7 October 2023. Short link:
Al Jazeera
09-02-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Israel kills eight-month-pregnant woman in occupied West Bank raid
The Israeli military has expanded its assaults in the occupied West Bank, killing an eight-month-pregnant woman during a raid at the Palestinian territory's Nur Shams refugee camp. The troops opened fire on a Palestinian family at the camp, killing Sondos Jamal Muhammad Shalabi and critically injuring her husband, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday. The ministry said medical teams were unable to save the 23-year-old woman's fetus, because the Israeli military prevented them from transferring the injured couple to a hospital. Palestine's Wafa news agency said the Israeli army raided the camp in occupied West Bank's Tulkarem region early on Sunday and deployed heavy machinery and bulldozers, raiding dozens of homes as reconnaissance planes flew at low altitudes. Local sources told Al Jazeera Arabic they also heard sounds of heavy gunfire and huge explosions. Earlier, the Palestine Red Crescent Society also said Israeli soldiers prevented its medical teams from entering the camp, despite reports of casualties. Israel, which claimed its operation targeted what it called 'disruptive activities' in the camp, has imposed a curfew in the area. The raid on Nur Shams camp came as Israeli forces continue their weeks-long military operation in the north of the occupied West Bank, targeting Jenin, camps in Tulkarem and Far'a in Tubas governorate. The assaults have displaced more than 26,000 Palestinians from their homes in Jenin and Tulkarem in the past few weeks. Since a ceasefire in Gaza was announced last month, Israel has increased the frequency and intensity of its attacks across the occupied West Bank. Wafa reported that more Israeli military reinforcements have been deployed towards Far'a camp from the Hamra checkpoint, as Israeli forces continue to destroy infrastructure and private property in the area. Raids on citizens' homes and field interrogations have also been ongoing, a day after Israeli soldiers forcibly displaced dozens of families, with some of them now sheltering in schools. At least eight Palestinians were arrested in Far'a. Reporting from Amman, Jordan, Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh said Israel's conduct in Gaza is now being repeated in the occupied West Bank. 'The stated aim of this [Israeli] military assault [in the occupied West Bank]… comes under the banner or the pretext of fighting so-called terrorism,' she said. 'But the agenda of this [Israeli] coalition government included, long before October 7, 2023, the annexation of the occupied West Bank,' Odeh added. 'And so, in order to do that, [Israeli] ministers have openly and repeatedly said they must first shatter the idea that Palestinian freedom is possible, cleanse the area from as many Palestinians as possible and encourage their voluntary migration.'
