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Tulkarm Camp

Refugee camp in Tulkarm, Palestine

Field	Value
name	Tulkarm Camp
coordinates
pushpin_map	Palestine
subdivision_name	State of Palestine
subdivision_type	State
grid_name	Palestine grid
subdivision_type1	Governorate
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Tulkarm Camp within Palestine
type	Refugee Camp
translit_lang1_type1	Latin
translit_lang1_info	مخيّم طولكرم
translit_lang1_type	Arabic
translit_lang1	Arabic
established_title	Founded
area_total_dunam	465
population_density_km2	auto
population_as_of	2020
population_total	10,387
area_total_km2	0.18
subdivision_name1	Tulkarm Governorate
unit_pref	dunam
leader_title	Control
leader_name	Israel Israel
government_type	Refugee Camp (from 1950)
government_footnotes	tags --

Tulkarm Camp () is a Palestinian refugee camp north of the West Bank in the city of Tulkarm, established in 1950 on 0.18 km2 by the UNRWA. It is the second largest refugee camp in the West Bank, as well as one of the most densely populated. The camp was severely affected during the Second Intifada by incursions, arrests, raids and curfews. Incursions still take place, though on a more irregular basis. In 2013, the health centre was reconstructed with project funds amounting to US$1.7 million. Tulkarm camp has four UNRWA schools. The camp is currently under full Israeli military control as part of Israel's "Operation Iron Wall".

History

In 1950, the Tulkarm Camp was established by UNRWA in the city, comprising an area of 0.18 km2. Most of the refugees who resided in the camp came from Jaffa, Caesarea and Haifa. Today it is the second largest Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank.

During the early months of First Intifada on 26 April 1989 Izam Omar Hasan, aged 8, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers. On the same day Samar Muhammad Manid, aged 9, was shot in the eye with a plastic bullet. He died 5 days later. In March 1990, responding to questions from a member of Knesset, Minister of Defence Yitzak Rabin stated the army was active in Tulkarm at the time of the deaths and that in the case of the 9-year-old the Military Police Investigation was continuing; in the case of the 8-year-old an officer was reprimanded for firing five plastic bullets breaking operational orders, but it could not be established if he killed the boy because no autopsy was carried out. On 31 May Muhammad Hamadan, aged 8 months, was shot dead by soldiers while being carried by his mother in Tulkarm refugee camp.

In 2023, the IDF launched a raid on the camp as part of the spillover of the Gaza war.

On 3 October 2024 the Israeli military carried out an airstrike on the camp, killing 20 people.

References

"Tulkarm Camp".
"مخيم طولكرم للاجئين".
"Profile: Tulkarm Camp".
"مخيم طولكرم {{!}} مركز المعلومات الوطني الفلسطيني".
(2025-02-23). "Israel says army to stay in evacuated West Bank camps for 'coming year'". France 24.
[http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=122 Tulkarm Refugee Camp]. [[United Nations Relief and Works Agency]].
Talmor, Ronny (translated by Ralph Mandel) (1990) ''The Use of Firearms - By the Security Forces in the Occupied Territories.'' [[B'Tselem]]. [https://www.btselem.org/sites/default/files2/publication/199007_use_of_firearms_eng.doc download] p. 75 MK [[Yair Tsaban]] to defence ministers [[Yitzhak Rabin]] & [[Yitzhak Shamir]], p.81 Rabin's reply
B'Tselem information sheet update 1 June 1989. p4. also refers to Samar Manid/Mara'i. [https://www.btselem.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files2/update_june_1.1989.pdf pdf]
Al Jazeera Staff. "Israeli air attack on West Bank’s Tulkarem camp kills at least 18: Ministry".

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