An Israeli military siege on Thabet Governmental Hospital has continued in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem as the Israeli military has taken hold of the nearby al-Adawiya commercial complex, turning it into a barracks and surveillance post, according to the Wafa news agency.

Raids were carried out on homes in the city’s east, with the Israeli military conducting searches and field interrogations, destroying surveillance cameras, evicting residents from their homes and occupying the buildings for use as military outposts as the siege on the Tulkarem refugee camp continues.

Tulkarem Governor Abdallah Kamil said 85 per cent of the camp’s residents have been forcibly displaced during Israel’s ongoing military operation.