Israel orders demolition of 25 homes in Nur Shams refugee camp

Israeli occupation soldiers have issued a new military order to demolish 25 recently built homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm, escalating pressure on Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank.

The order, issued on Sunday, prompted an urgent warning from Tulkarm Governor Abdullah Kamil, who appealed to the international community, human rights organisations, diplomatic missions and embassies to intervene immediately to halt the demolitions.

Kamil said the decision reflects “a continuation of Israeli arrogance and the occupation’s crimes against our people in the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps,” describing it as part of a broader, systematic campaign of destruction targeting civilians and their property. He warned the measures were driving the forced displacement of Palestinians from both camps.

He added that the demolitions amount to a “flagrant violation of international law, international norms and conventions, human rights laws and international humanitarian law,” renewing calls for immediate action to stop what he described as ongoing aggression across the Tulkarm Governorate, including its camps, villages and towns.

Israel routinely uses military orders and planning regulations to justify home demolitions in the occupied West Bank, a practice widely condemned by rights groups as collective punishment and a tool of dispossession.