The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has warned that three refugee camps in the northern West Bank have been nearly emptied of their residents due to the escalating attacks by the Israeli occupation military.
Israeli occupation soldiers abused Palestinian youths during their raid on the village of Salem near Nablus city in the occupied West Bank last night. pic.twitter.com/z7UPFpX2nD
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 8, 2025
According to UNRWA’s statement on Friday, the camps in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams have faced “widespread destruction to civilian infrastructure, including homes,” leaving many Palestinians with nowhere to return to.
The UN body noted that the Israeli occupation forces have begun demolishing more than 16 buildings in the Nur Shams camp, just a week after 11 houses were demolished in the same camp, along with 14 other houses in the Tulkarm Camp. The statement also mentioned “controlled detonations” in the Jenin Camp around a month ago that left the camp uninhabitable.
The destruction caused by the occupation’s assault on the Martyrs’ neighborhood in Tulkarm refugee camp. pic.twitter.com/fpBdC5VxNX
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) March 7, 2025
“These large-scale demolitions are an alarming new pattern. They have an unprecedented impact on the Palestinian refugees and seek to permanently change the characteristics of the camps in the northern West Bank,” UNRWA added.
Footage reveals the extensive destruction and flattening of buildings caused by Israeli occupation forces during their ongoing invasion of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/Q5Mo66VD3L
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 7, 2025
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) corroborated UNRWA’s report, stating that the Israeli army’s ongoing aggression in the northern West Bank cities and camps continues to have “devastating humanitarian consequences.”
Since the beginning of the Gaza war in October 2023, the actions of the Israeli occupation army and illegal settlers have led to the deaths of at least 930 Palestinians, with nearly 7,000 individuals sustaining injuries in the occupied West Bank.
Last July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared that Israel’s long-standing occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal, demanding the evacuation of all illegal settlements in the West Bank and East al-Quds.
Source: Agencies (edited and translated by Al-Manar English Website)
