A UN human rights report warned on September 4, 2026, that Israel's forced displacement of the entire Palestinian populations of three West Bank refugee camps—Jenin, Nur Shams, and Tulkarm—in January and February 2025 could amount to crimes against humanity. The report documented the displacement of approximately 33,000 Palestinians.
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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 office, OHCHR.
The UN human rights office said Israel forcibly displaced the entire Palestinian populations of the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps in the occupied West Bank during Operation Iron Wall in January and February 2025 and continued to block their return, in violation of international law [un.org#1][france24.com#1][thepeninsulaqatar.com#1][skynewsarabia.com#1][al-monitor.com#1][aawsat.com#1]
The Israeli government's forced displacement of the entire populations of three West Bank refugee camps in January 2025 could amount to crimes against humanity, a UN report warned Friday. More than 33,000 Palestinians forced out of the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm camps have not been permitted to return home. Israel slammed the report for "spreading misinformation".
The United Nations warned Friday that Israel's forced displacement of the entire Palestinian populations of three West Bank refugee camps last year could amount to crimes against humanity. In a report slammed by Israel, the UN rights office described how a military operation launched in the north of the occupied territory in January 2025 had forcibly displaced over 33,000 people.