The Tulkarm Brigade of the Al-Quds Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement - mourned one of its field commanders. Moatasem Khaled Al-Arif was killed by the security forces of the Palestinian Authority, it said, days after he was wounded.

The battalion declared civil disobedience by "blocking all entrances to Tulkar, especially the entrances to Nour Shams camp, with dirt barriers and explosive devices until the war ends" Local sources reported that clashes took place between resistance fighters and authorities in NourShams camp.