Tulkarm, West Bank - Recent

Clashes between Israel and Hamas have not subsided since the conflict began last October, and in recent days the violence has escalated in many places including Tulkarm in the northern West Bank and Jerusalem.

On Thursday, Israel expanded its military operations with an airstrike by an Israeli F-16 fighter jet, targeting a coffee shop in Tulkarm.

This marks the first time in two decades that Israel has used a warplane in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that 18 Palestinians, including children, were killed in the airstrike, marking the deadliest attack in the West Bank in years.

The Israeli military stated that the airstrike was targeting Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, head of the Hamas network in Tulkarm in the West Bank.

On Friday, Israeli police attacked worshipers at Bab al-Asbat, also known as the Lions' Gate, one of the entrances to Al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing some from reaching the mosque.

The site is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as their third holiest site.

Police beat the worshipers and fired tear gas, resulting in several injuries and the dispersal of people inside the mosque.

Shotlist:
Tulkarm, West Bank - Recent:
1. Various of destroyed buildings, people walking in ruins;
2. Various of families of victims crying, crowd marching in group funeral procession, carrying coffins;
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yousuf Ghorab, Palestinian resident from Tulkarm:
"For the first time, F-16 warplanes are bombing civilians here. And here we are, as you see, an area crowded with people. This is a genocide. The occupation does not differentiate between civilian and armed people. We are no different from Gaza and Lebanon, and here we are now, sharing their suffering and woes.";
4. Various of vehicles running on street;
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) resistance fighter (name not given):
"What we see in Lebanon and in Gaza is happening now to us in Tulkarm. The occupation cannot confront us face to face, so it uses airplanes to bomb civilians. Praise be to God, may God have mercy on the martyrs. We remain steadfast in place and we say to the enemy that we will not retreat. There is no plan to retreat. We remain steadfast in place.";
Jerusalem - Oct 4, 2024
6. Various of clashes between Israeli police, worshipers;
7. Helmi AlAraj, director of Defending Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Center, walking on street;
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Helmi AlAraj, director, Defending Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Center:
"This occupation seeks to implement the fascist government's program called the decisive program, which is the program of annexation, deportation, killing, and imprisonment. Therefore, this occupation carries out its crimes in a systematic manner, destroying infrastructure, destroying the Palestinian national economy, impoverishing the people, and destroying homes.";
9. Various of vehicles on street.

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