Over 12,000 Palestinian children forcibly displaced amid Israeli raids on occupied West Bank

The UN agency UNRWA reports that more than 12,000 Palestinian children have been forcibly displaced in the occupied West Bank due to Israel’s repeated military operations. Since January 2025, Israel’s “Operation Iron Wall” has swept across northern West Bank cities and villages, including Jenin, Tulkarem, and Nur Shams refugee camps, bringing homes and livelihoods to a halt and heavily restricting civilian movement.

The operations involve violent home raids, damage to land, and demolition of key infrastructure. On Monday, Israeli forces issued a demolition notice for the family home of detainee Ahmed Abu al-Rubb in Qabatiya, giving the family just 72 hours to object. Rights groups have condemned these demolitions as collective punishment, with Al-Haq calling them war crimes and B’Tselem highlighting the toll on women, children, and the elderly.

The military raids were accompanied by mass arrests in Aida refugee camp near occupied Bethlehem, where at least 20 Palestinians were detained. Israeli settler violence has also escalated, with dozens of Israeli settlers seizing a Palestinian home in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, forcibly displacing 13 residents.