Israel emptying West Bank refugee camps could be crime against humanity: UN
The UN rights office said the operation destroyed homes and cut services, leaving 33,362 refugees barred from returning, according to UNRWA.
- A Human Rights Office report published today says Israeli forces forcibly displaced the entire populations of three West Bank refugee camps—Jenin, Nur Shams, and Tulkarm—in early 2025 and are still preventing their return.
- During Operation Iron Wall, Israeli forces consolidated control over these camps, causing the systematic displacement of over 33,000 Palestinians and raising serious concerns regarding the crime against humanity of forcible transfer.
- Forces killed 102 Palestinians—46 percent of all West Bank killings—while destroying 52 per cent of structures in Jenin, 48 per cent in Nur Shams, and 36 per cent in Tulkarm.
- On 23 February 2025, the Defence Minister ordered the military to remain in the camps, barring residents' return; High Commissioner Human Rights Volker said the operation suggests an aim to expel Palestinians.
- The report emphasizes Israel's obligation to end its 59-year occupation and its unlawful presence in Palestinian territory as rapidly as possible, citing an International Court conclusion from over two years ago.
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Israeli forces expelled Palestinians from West Bank camps, violating int’l law, UN reports
UNITED NATIONS - Israeli security forces “forcibly” displaced the entire population of three Palestine refugee camps in the occupied West Bank in January and February last year – and continue to prevent their return, in violation of international law, according to a new report by the UN human rights.
A UN report accuses the Israeli occupation of displacing residents of the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps and preventing their return, and warns that the destruction of the camps and their transformation into uninhabitable areas raises fears of ethnic cleansing.
In a new report, OHCHR concludes that the Israeli security forces forcibly displaced the entire Palestinian population from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank between January and February 2025 and continue to prevent their return.
According to the UN report, Israel's attacks on the West Bank displaced 33,000 people from the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps. The post UN report speaks of the complete displacement of 33,000 Palestinians from the West Bank appeared first on in.gr.
Has Israel driven tens of thousands of Palestinians out of refugee camps to make room for further illegal settlements? The UN Human Rights Office speaks of forced resettlement and warns against "ethnic cleansing" in the West Bank.
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