By threatening to close it with concrete, Israel forced the municipality of Bala, east of Tulkarm, to stop pumping water from its old well, which threatens to exacerbate the water crisis for more than 12,000 people, including about 2,000 displaced people from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in light of the inability of the new well to meet their needs.

By threatening to close it with concrete, Israel forced the municipality of Bala, east of Tulkarm, to stop pumping water from its old well, which threatens to exacerbate the water crisis for more than 12,000 people, including about 2,000 displaced people from the Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps, in light of the inability of the new well to meet their needs.