Tulkarem

Israeli security forces from the Kfir Brigade during a military raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, on March 12, 2025. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

In Nur Shams and Tulkarem, Israeli incursions leave ‘nothing to salvage’

Since January, the army has depopulated the two West Bank camps and destroyed hundreds of homes, while turning others into barracks.

By Basel Adra June 5, 2025

Smokes rises above Jenin refugee camp during an Israeli military operation to crack down on armed resistance, January 24, 2025. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Activestills)

‘Worse than the Second Intifada’: West Bank refugees reel from Israeli offensive

Displaced from Jenin and Tulkarem, Palestinian residents say Israel is waging a deliberate campaign to make the northern refugee camps unlivable.

By Hanno Hauenstein February 21, 2025

Israeli soldiers forcibly displace Palestinians along a dirt road through Nur Shams refugee camp on February 10, 2025. (Wahaj Bani Moufleh)

PHOTOS: Israel ravages West Bank refugee camps

Israeli forces have displaced 40,000 Palestinians from four refugee camps in the largest military operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada.

By Wahaj Bani Moufleh February 12, 2025

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Palestinian mourners and gunmen attend the funeral of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli military raid in Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarem, October 20, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israel’s war on Palestinian armed resistance is failing

With army incursions and airstrikes deepening Palestinian resentment, Israel’s violent campaign in the West Bank is driving recruitment for militant groups.

By Fatima AbdulKarim August 14, 2024

Palestinians walking through a hole in the Israeli separation barrier next to the West Bank village of Far’oun near Tulkarem. (Activestills)

‘A rare chance’: Palestinians cross breach in separation barrier to enjoy the sea

Thousands of Palestinian families are traveling through large holes in the West Bank barrier to visit the coast, while the Israeli army largely turns a blind eye.

By Ahmad Al-Bazz and Oren Ziv August 11, 2020

Palestinian men try to pass through the Qalandiya checkpoint on the last Friday of Ramadan, September 3, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Fortress Israel and the quiet dignity of Palestinian resistance

Peter Beinart’s interrogation at Ben Gurion Airport made headlines not because of his clout as a public intellectual, but thanks to the quiet dignity of Palestinian children, women and men who have endured Fortress Israel for years. I first lost my father in the heat of a Jericho summer, 20 years ago this week. He disappeared, or so it…

By Samer Badawi August 21, 2018

Israeli authorities construct a new fence around the Israeli settlement of Avnei Hefetz, near Tulkarem, West Bank, January 31, 2017. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinian homes come down as settlements expand

Twelve homes in a West Bank village are handed demolition orders. Meanwhile, construction continues unabated in West Bank settlements. Photos and text by Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills.org Twelve Palestinian homes and structures in the West Bank village of Shufa are currently under the threat of demolition, after Israeli authorities handed out seven demolition orders on January…

By Activestills February 1, 2017

Malak al-Khatib is released from prison after 44 days, Jabara checkpoint, near Tulkarem, West Bank, February 13, 2015. (photo: Ahmad al-Bazz)

PHOTOS: 14-year-old Palestinian girl released from prison after 44 days

Photos: Ahmad al-Bazz Text: Yael Marom After 44 days in an Israeli prison, 14-year-old Malak al-Khatib has returned to her family. Family members waited for al-Khatib Friday morning at the Jabara checkpoint in Tulkarem. Al-Khatib, a 9th grader from the village Beitin near Ramallah, was arrested on December 31, 2014 near her school. Soldiers who…

By Activestills February 13, 2015

An Israeli artillery fires a shell towards the Gaza Strip from a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Augost 1, 2014 after the proposed three-day truce that began at 0500 GMT collapsed amid a deadly new wave of bloodshed and the apparent capture of an Israeli soldier by Hamas (photo: Activestills)

Hamas: Missing soldier likely killed in Israeli air strike

Israel continued to bombard Gaza overnight, as the Palestinian death toll rose to more than 70 after the collapse of Friday’s UN and U.S.-brokered 72-hour ceasefire that was supposed to lead to negotiations to end the Israel-Hamas war. Rockets continued to be fired from Gaza into Israel early Saturday morning, with the Iron Dome intercepting some…

By +972 Magazine August 2, 2014

Palestinian activists try to destroy parts of the separation wall during the 'Return March near Tulkarem, West Bank, May 31, 2014. The marchers attempted to cross the barrier while chanting the names of their destroyed villages and towns located inside Israel. (photo: Activestills)

PHOTOS: Palestinian demonstrators try to destroy West Bank separation wall

Dozens of Palestinians marched on Saturday toward the separation wall near Tulkarem in what they called the “March of Return.” The demonstrators tried to knock a hole in the wall and join protesters on the other side. However, the Israeli army dispersed the protest with tear gas and detained several protesters. (Photos: Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills.org) …

By Activestills June 1, 2014

September journey part 6: Our reasons for living

Staying on the move in Israel and the Palestinian Territories through a month of trial. And today: From grandma’s house to the Tulkarem PLO headquarters. Like a proper Little Red Riding hood, I set off this morning to visit my grandmother. She lives in a retirement home in the city of Kfar Saba. About twenty…

By Yuval Ben-Ami September 5, 2011