Al Jazeera Arabic (AJA) reports that Israeli forces have been surrounding the refugee camp, located near the northern city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, since dawn.
Local sources told AJA that they heard the sound of explosions and gunfire and that Israeli snipers were deployed in the area and reconnaissance aircraft were flying overhead.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it received reports of casualties but that Israeli forces prevented its crews from entering the camp, AJA added.
The raid on Nur Shams comes as Israeli forces continue a weeks-long military operation in the north of the West Bank, targeting the Jenin, Tulkarem and Far’a refugee camps, which have killed dozens of Palestinians, Al Jazeera notes.
