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· collected 2026-09-04 · by Al Jazeera Staff
The UN Human Rights report, titled "Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank", has found that Israel's Operation Iron Wall in January-February 2025 resulted in 102 Palestinian deaths and the displacement of over 33,000 residents from three refugee camps. The report raises concerns that the operation amounts to ethnic cleansing and collective punishment, and may even constitute a crime against humanity of forcible transfer. According to the report, Israeli officers told displaced Palestinians that there would be no more refugee camps and that they should "all go to Jordan". At least 21 children were killed by Israeli forces during the operation.
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In January and February 2025, Israel's military operation "Operation Iron Wall" killed 102 Palestinians and displaced more than 33,000 residents from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank: Jenin, Nur Shams, and Tulkarem. According to a UN Human Rights report, this displacement may amount to collective punishment and even "ethnic cleansing". The report states that Israeli officers told displaced Palestinians they should leave for Jordan, implying an intention to eliminate the refugee camps. This large-scale displacement could be considered a crime against humanity, specifically forcible transfer.
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Israel’s military actions resulting in the displacement of entire Palestinian populations in three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank “appear to amount to collective punishment and raise concerns of ethnic cleansing”, a United Nations Human Rights report has found.
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report → result → cleansing
Israel’s Operation Iron Wall in January and February 2025 killed 102 Palestinians and displaced more than 33,000 residents from the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps, said the report, titled Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank.
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report → kill → Bank
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Students → sing → Palestine
Displaced Palestinians reported being told by Israeli officers that there would be no more refugee camps and that they should “all go to Jordan”.
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they → report → Jordan
Such large-scale, long-term and systematic displacement of the Palestinian population could amount to a crime against humanity of forcible transfer, the report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday.
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report → amount → Friday
It stressed that the use of air strikes, armoured bulldozers and controlled detonations to render entire areas uninhabitable and prevent the return of residents, in the absence of imperative military necessity, is not permissible under international law.
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use → stress → law
“The way Operation Iron Wall has been conducted suggests its aim was to expel as many Palestinians as possible and to make way for more illegal Israeli settlements, in further violation of international law,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.
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Turk → conduct → Rights
The three camps are among a total of 19 in the West Bank that were established to shelter Palestinian refugees after the mass forced expulsion during the Nakba in 1948 and have been administered by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
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that → establish → refugees
As of July, about 33,362 displaced Palestinian refugees from these camps remained forcibly displaced, according to UNRWA.
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refugees → displace → UNRWA
At least 21 children were killed by Israeli forces during the military operation in the period covered by the report.
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children → kill → report
Saddam Hussein Rajab, aged 10, was shot in the stomach in Tulkarem while waiting for his father to go to the mosque.
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father → shoot → mosque
In Jenin, a two-year-old girl was shot in the head by Israeli forces while having dinner with her mother and aunt.
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girl → shoot → mother
The report stressed that Israel “must end its unlawful presence in the occupied Palestinian territory as rapidly as possible” and “halt any efforts to forcibly displace more Palestinians”.
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Israel → stress → Palestinians
