Ramallah, July 30 (Petra)-- The Israeli occupation army on Thursday extended military orders imposing the closure of the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank until September 30.

The Popular Committee for Services in Jenin Camp said the new orders were issued one day before the previous closure orders were due to expire on July 31.

According to the committee, the renewed military orders prohibit anyone from entering, remaining in, or leaving the designated closed areas without a special permit issued by the Israeli army. The restrictions do not apply to Israeli military and police personnel.

Israeli forces have maintained military operations in Jenin refugee camp since January 2025 before expanding them to include the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps. The operations have involved repeated raids, home demolitions, and extensive destruction of infrastructure, forcing thousands of Palestinians to flee their homes.

The extension comes as residents continue to be barred from returning to the camps while demolition operations persist, prompting Palestinian warnings of a worsening humanitarian situation.

Israeli military operations and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank have intensified since the outbreak of the war on Gaza in October 2023. According to official Palestinian figures, more than 1,182 Palestinians have been killed, nearly 13,000 injured, and around 24,000 arrested during the period.

Separately, Israeli forces continued large-scale raids and arrest campaigns across several West Bank governorates on Thursday, detaining dozens of Palestinians and former prisoners.

The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said Israeli troops raided multiple areas in the governorates of Nablus, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, Hebron, and Bethlehem, searching dozens of homes and arresting 19 Palestinians who were transferred to military interrogation centers.

Military operations were concentrated in the town of Tal, southwest of Nablus, where dozens of young Palestinians were subjected to field interrogations and detained for hours inside homes after residents confronted recent settler attacks in the area.

At the same time, Israeli forces continued implementing measures to expand settlement infrastructure by constructing new settlement roads and seizing agricultural land, while tightening closures around several refugee camps and towns in the northern occupied West Bank, particularly Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams.

//Petra/ MF