Dozens of Palestinian families flee Israeli military operation in occupied West Bank

Dozens of Palestinian families fled on Monday from the Nur Shams refugee camp on the outskirts of Tulkarm in the north of the occupied West Bank as Israel pushed on with a sweeping military operation.

“We hear explosions and bombings as well as bulldozers. It’s a tragedy. They are doing here what they did in Gaza,” Ahmed Ezza, a resident, told AFP.

Ahmed Abu Zahra, another resident of the camp, said he was forced to leave his home.

“The [Israeli] army came and we were forced to leave after they started destroying our homes.”

Three Palestinians, including two women and a young man, were killed on Sunday in Nur Shams. One of the killed women was pregnant.