Watan-Nine Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike using drones targeting the Tulkarm and Balata camps in the northern occupied West Bank.
On one hand, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams recovered the bodies of four martyrs as a result of the Israeli occupation’s drone strike on Tammam Street in the Tulkarm camp. The four martyrs were identified as Ahmed Mahdawi, Ahmed Badawi, Ahmed Faraj, and Walid Ghanem.
The Red Crescent Society stated in a press release that the four martyrs were transported to Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarm.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces prevented ambulance vehicles and the Palestinian Red Crescent from entering the camp to transfer the injured from the targeted area. The occupation forces imposed a siege on the bombing site, with foot patrols deployed in its vicinity.
Successful ambush by the resistance inflicts casualties on the occupation forces
On the other hand, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades – Tulkarm Battalion successfully ambushed Israeli infantry forces in the school axis with several well-prepared ambushes, causing direct injuries.
Clashes erupted between resistance fighters and Israeli forces in the vicinity of the Balata camp in Nablus. Israeli bulldozers worked on excavating some roads inside the camp, coinciding with the reinforcement of troops towards it to support the invasion.
📸طائرة اسرائيلية مسيّرة تقصف مجموعة من الشبان الفلسطينيين في #مخيم_طولكرم، وارتقاء 4 منهم، هم:
أحمد مهداوي ، أحمد بدو ، أحمد فرج ، وليد غانم. pic.twitter.com/3dUFeneMxu— وطن. يغرد خارج السرب (@watanserb_news) January 17, 2024
Sources reported that the invading forces were targeted with locally-made explosive devices during their incursion into the camp. Intense clashes also occurred with the Israeli army.
5 martyrs in the Balata camp
This Israeli aggression came shortly after five young men were martyred in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near the Balata camp east of Nablus.
الاحتلال الإسرائيلي يقصف الفلسطينيين في مخيم طولكرم في الضفة الغربية التي تخضع بالاسم لسلطة محمود عباس
القصف أدى لاستشهاد 4 فلسطينيين#WestBank #Gaza pic.twitter.com/4NLRvu6WeS— قتيبة ياسين (@k7ybnd99) January 17, 2024
In detail, a drone targeted a vehicle near the Burde junction adjacent to the Balata camp, causing it to explode and catch fire. Medical crews were prevented from reaching the scene.
تجدد الاشتباكات المسلحة بين المقاومين الفلسطينيين وجيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في مخيم #طولكرم.. تفاصيل أكثر مع مراسل العربي عميد شحادة @Amid_48_Shehade pic.twitter.com/woh3yOsGML
— التلفزيون العربي (@AlarabyTV) January 17, 2024
Video footage showed the burning vehicle surrounded by military jeeps, while Israeli forces fired at the Red Crescent ambulance crews, preventing them from reaching the burning vehicle.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated that they managed to reach the targeted vehicle after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area. They confirmed the recovery of the remains of one of the young men who appeared to be inside the targeted vehicle from under the rubble placed by the occupation forces at the site of the targeted vehicle that was seized.
تغطية صحفية: “قوات الاحتلال تدفع بجرافات عسكرية ضخمة خلال اقتحام مخيم طولكرم” pic.twitter.com/rV9MtmXXeT
— القسطل الإخباري (@AlQastalps) January 17, 2024