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Nur Shams

Residents of the Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp watch their homes being demolished on New Year's eve by an Israeli military excavator in the Nur Shams camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, amid an ongoing offensives in the West Bank on December 31, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
January 1, 2026, 3:34 am
Israel begins demolishing 25 buildings in West Bank Palestinian refugee camp
IDF says buildings torn down as part of counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank; Palestinians say thousands forced out of their homes in past year have yet to return
By Agencies
A paramedic helps a Palestinian family carry their belongings as an Israeli soldier enforces an evacuation order on a house in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on July 8, 2025. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
November 20, 2025, 2:11 pm
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes over West Bank displacements
Group finds military operations, demolitions in 3 towns led to expulsion of 32,000, calls for Israeli officials be held to account; Israel says ops targeted terrorist elements
By Reuters and ToI Staff
An Israeli army vehicle during a military operation in Askar refugee camp east of Nablus in the West Bank, July 30, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
August 10, 2025, 7:47 pm
Katz: IDF to remain in north West Bank refugee camps until year’s end at least
‘Today there is no terror in the camps,’ says defense minister; Israel nabs 3 suspects accused of planning major terror attack; Arab Israeli man said killed by troops in Jericho
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Residents of the West Bank refugee camp of al-Far'a, near Tubas, evacuate their homes as the Israeli military operation continues in the area on February 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
February 19, 2025, 6:07 pm
West Bank terror crackdown sees largest displacement of Palestinians since 1967
More than 40,100 have fled their homes amid Operation Iron Wall, according to UNRWA; many say they were told to leave by IDF, which denies issuing evacuation orders
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An ambulance drives next to an Israeli army checkpoint set up during a raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the West Bank on February 9, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
February 9, 2025, 4:15 pm
PA says two women, one pregnant, killed by Israeli fire in West Bank; IDF probing
PA health ministry identifies the two women as Rahaf al-Ashqar, 21, and Sundus Shalabi, 23, who was 8 months pregnant; IDF expands offensive into Nur Shams camp near Tulkarem
By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
A handout photo released by the IDF on October 11, 2024, shows what the Israeli military says are guns and other items found on a pair of terrorists killed in an airstrike near Tulkarem a day earlier. (IDF Spokesperson)
October 11, 2024, 10:21 am
Israeli strike kills Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander in Tulkarem area
Army says Muhammad Abdullah, head of local cell, was tapped for role after predecessor Muhhamad Jabber was killed in an August gun battle
By ToI Staff
People walk along a street after Israeli bulldozers dug up the asphalt in the the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the West Bank following a large-scale military operation on August 30, 2024. (Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
August 30, 2024, 6:21 pm
Report: Jordan fears IDF West Bank ops, settler violence will drive Palestinians across border
Locals describe scenes of destruction in Tulkarem refugee camp; Hamas accuses PA of arresting operatives in Nablus; UK ‘deeply concerned’ by wide-scale operation
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the impacts of cyber threats on international peace and security at UN headquarters on June 20, 2024, in New York. (Yuki Iwamura/AFP)
August 29, 2024, 12:22 pm
UN calls for end to IDF’s West Bank raid; Israel: We have to thwart suicide bombings
Antonio Guterres condemns large-scale counterterror raid that has so far killed 17 Palestinians, including senior commanders; US calls for restraint
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Footage of an IDF drone strike in the Nur Shams Camp in the West Bank on August 26, 2024. (Screen capture/x)
August 27, 2024, 4:05 am
IDF says it carried out drone strike on West Bank terror cell; 5 reported killed
Hamas member released in November hostage deal said among those killed in Nur Shams; after searches, army rules out reports of suspected kidnapping at Tapuach Junction
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Armored IDF vehicles move through the Nur Shams camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, during a raid on July 1, 2024. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
July 3, 2024, 2:48 am
IDF drone hits cell planting roadside bomb in West Bank, killing 4 terror operatives
Source says strike was some 100 meters from where soldier was killed Monday by an IED; separately, 4 gunmen shot by troops during manhunt after civilian hurt by gunfire near Nablus
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. First Class (res.) Yehuda Geto, killed in the West Bank on July 1, 2024. (Courtesy)
July 2, 2024, 12:16 am
Soldier killed, another seriously hurt by roadside bomb in West Bank’s Nur Shams
Two Palestinians killed during attempt to extract troops from refugee camp near Tulkarem, including woman reportedly hit by shrapnel when gunmen set off unexploded missile
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Israeli security forces operating in Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the West Bank on January 3, 2024. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
June 30, 2024, 4:09 pm
Islamic Jihad commander killed, 5 hurt in Israeli drone strike in Tulkarem
Saeed Jaber was second in command of terror group’s local wing; Hamas official urges all Palestinians to attack Israelis across West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian and Gianluca Pacchiani
Israeli military vehicles drive along a devastated street in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank, during a raid on April 19, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
April 19, 2024, 4:32 pm
IDF: 4 soldiers hurt, several Palestinian gunmen killed in West Bank raid
Palestinians say top Islamic Jihad terrorists among those killed in clashes with soldiers in Nur Shams; army bulldozers rip up roads to search for bombs
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Israeli security forces operating in Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the West Bank on January 3, 2024. (Majdi Mohammed/AP)
February 7, 2024, 11:00 pm
Senior terror suspect killed in West Bank shootout with security forces
Moatasem Ali holes up in building in Nur Shams refugee camp, is shot dead in gun battle; two other gunmen killed as they try to escape premises
By Emanuel Fabian
File: Smoke rises during an Israeli military raid in Tulkarem, in the West Bank, December 17, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 27, 2023, 10:36 am
6 Palestinians said killed in IDF drone strike near West Bank’s Tulkarem
Military says it targeted group throwing explosives at troops in Nur Shams refugee camp, where overnight raid sparked violent clashes
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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