Nablus [West Bank], August 17: A large contingent of Israeli soldiers accompanied by a military bulldozer raided the Balata refugee camp, forced families to evacuate a residential building and then blew it up at about 3am on Wednesday.
The incident overnight was among several raids by Israeli forces in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
The raids left one Palestinian man seriously injured and destroyed the Fatah party's offices in Balata, in addition to the apartment building owned by RaedShallal, the Palestinian Red Crescent and officials said. "We were forcibly evicted, and we could not take anything out of the house, even ID cards and school bags," Shallal, a 40-year-old father of seven, said."We are now homeless, my wife and our children, the oldest is 12 and the youngest, a year and a half old."
Also in Shallal's destroyed building was the family home of a Palestinian man wanted by Israeli forces. More than 80 Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation during the raids, the Red Crescent said. Earlier, Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters at Palestinians in the eastern part of the city where they were providing cover for Israeli settlers who had stormed Joseph's Tomb, a shrine located within an area controlled by the Palestinian Authority. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune
