More than 40,000 Palestinians displaced in West Bank after Israeli operation

Doctors Without Borders said that 40,000 Palestinians in the West Bank remain forcibly displaced five months after the launch of the Israeli military operation ‘Iron Wall’. 

The charity said the large-scale military campaign has seen Israeli soldiers raid and violently empty well-established refugee camps in the northern West Bank, and cause widespread destruction (including demolitons) as they occupy the three refugee camps of Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams, preventing people from returning.

“After five months, the military operation continues,” said Simona Onidi, MSF project coordinator in Jenin and Tulkarem in a statement on Tuesday.

“The camps remain sealed off, with Israeli soldiers actively preventing anyone from entering. Families are still in limbo, and we’re worried that humanitarian needs will keep escalating.” 

She warned that people remain cut off from their homes and are left with very limited access to basic services, and healthcare.