Between Dec 2024 and Jan 2026, Israel’s “Operation Iron Wall” expelled the entire populations of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, killed 102 Palestinians, including 21 children, and largely destroyed the emptied camps, making them uninhabitable. The Operation raises concerns of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and appears aimed at entrenching the Israeli occupation and undermining the viability of a Palestinian state. Read the report:

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📢New  @UNHumanRights  report: Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank

 

 Between Dec 2024 and Jan 2026, Israel’s “Operation Iron Wall” expelled the entire populations of Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, killed 102 Palestinians, including 21 children, and largely destroyed the emptied camps, making them uninhabitable. The Operation raises concerns of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, and appears aimed at entrenching the Israeli occupation and undermining the viability of a Palestinian state. Read the report: 🔗

Thematic Report - Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank (Dec. 2024 – Jan. 2026)

Published

04 September 2026

Summary

This report documents the destruction of the Palestinian refugees camps of Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm in the occupied northern West Bank. It covers actions by Palestinian and Israeli security forces between December 2024 and January 2026, and documents in particular the Israeli "Operation Iron Wall", which entailed the use of of means and tactics designed for war and not law enforcement, caused deaths and injuries, widespread destruction, and the forced displacement of the entire populations of the three camps. The actions, along with incitement coming from Israeli settler leaders to destroy the refugee camps and reestablish Israeli settlements, appeared to pursue the aim of progressively erasing the refugee status and identity of thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank, and consolidating and prolonging Israel’s unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory - in particular in the northern West Bank, the area with the greatest Palestinian territorial contiguity and least fragmentation.

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Destruction of Palestinian refugee camps in northern West Bank December 2024 - January 2026)

Contents
Executive summary page 2
Introduction and background page 3
Palestinian security forces’ Operation Protect the Homeland page 5
Israeli security forces’ Operation Iron Wall page 6
Targeted killings and other unlawful killings page 8
Methodical, forced displacement of Palestinians page 9
Shooting, detaining and abusing those attempting to return to their homes page 11
Hardships and denial of return page12
Mass destruction of homes, community services and infrastructure page 14
Widescale demolition of private and public property page 14
Endorsement by the Israeli judiciary of demolitions for military purposes page17
Applicable legal framework page19
Recommendations page 24 

https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/thematic-report-destruction-palestinian-refugee-camps-northern-west-bank 

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Assal Rad - headline fixer extraordinaire in search of the actual truth courageously uncovers constant HASBARA/Zionist Propaganda in America's mainstream news headlines & stories that fuel Israel's war machine, escalting injustice, and monstrous bigotry

"“Settlers” What a weird name for illegal occupiers, TERRORIZING Palestinians in their homes.   (Israel sends troops into West Bank homes besieged by Jewish settlers)"

"“Israeli curbs” is such an absurd way to say Israel destroyed the healthcare system and blocks medical aid."

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Deliberate attacks on civilians, which both journalists were, is a war crime. Israel has killed at least 15 journalists in Lebanon and 210 in Gaza since 2023, according to the UN human rights office. The reports also indicated that Israel delayed Lebanese ambulances from reaching Khalil and Faraj for hours – at one pointing dropping stun grenades on Lebanese Red Cross workers and firing on their ambulances.

Killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil was a war crime, say rights groups. Photograph: Mohammed Zaatari/AP

 

Israeli strike that killed journalist in Lebanon was war crime, say rights groups

Investigation by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and Legal Agenda shows Israel deliberately attacked Amal Khalil and colleague Zeinab Faraj knowing they were civilians

An Israeli strike that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and injured her colleague Zeinab Faraj in April was a war crime, three rights organisations said on Thursday.

Investigations from Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and Legal Agenda showed that Israel deliberately and directly attacked Khalil and Faraj, with apparent knowledge that they were civilians. The organisations called for the attacks to be investigated as war crimes, while HRW called for states to halt arm sales to Israel and put targeted sanctions on Israeli officials responsible for ongoing crimes.

Deliberate attacks on civilians, which both journalists were, is a war crime. Israel has killed at least 15 journalists in Lebanon and 210 in Gaza since 2023, according to the UN human rights office.

The reports also indicated that Israel delayed Lebanese ambulances from reaching Khalil and Faraj for hours – at one pointing dropping stun grenades on Lebanese Red Cross workers and firing on their ambulances.

The delay in rescue might have led to Khalil’s death, as hospital reports indicate that she might have still been alive hours after an Israeli strike toppled a building on top of her and Faraj.

“The evidence is clear that the Israeli military knew, or should have, that Faraj and Khalil were civilians, but attacked them anyway, and then prevented paramedics from rescuing them for hours,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Israel said it “regrets any harm caused to journalists,” and that the journalists were killed “as part of a series of events” during which two Hezbollah military operatives were killed. There was about two hours between the initial strike that killed the two men Israel said were in Hezbollah, and a second strike that targeted a building the journalists were sheltering in.

Amal Khalil was a 42-year-old journalist working for al-Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper, while Zeinab Faraj was a 21-year-old freelance camerawoman and photojournalist. Both had been active in covering the war in Lebanon over the last three years.

On 22 April 2026, the pair drove to the village of al-Tiri, south Lebanon, to verify reports that Israeli troops had left the area.... READ MORE    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/israeli-strike-that-killed-journalist-in-lebanon-was-war-say-rights-groups 

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Shameful media blackout over another massacre of civilians in Gaza. Stop Israeli crimes and international complicity- from the River to the Sea [!!!!!!!!!]

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt

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https://x.com/FranceskAlbs/status/2085027885467750710 

Mosab Abu Toha  [Pulitzer Prize winner/ Author of Forest of Noise/ Founder of the Edward Said Public Library in Gaza] 

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(Remember when the MSNBC journalist asked me, “Why not humanize all?” Then please do exactly that. Cover this. Report on it. Tell these families’ stories. If this does not deserve sustained international coverage, what does?) 

 

Today, a historic mass funeral in Gaza City laid to rest 112 Palestinian civilians from the Abu Sharia and Al-Hasayna families, making it the largest single-event funeral procession in Palestinian history. These victims were killed on November 22, 2023, during a devastating Israeli airstrike that completely leveled a densely populated residential block in al-Sabra neighborhood, claiming the lives of approximately 308 people in total. Because israeli intense military attacks and severe equipment shortages blocked emergency access to the site, the bodies remained trapped under the concrete rubble for over two and a half years. The collective burial finally took place at the Baptist Cemetery following an arduous, days-long recovery operation by the Gaza Civil Defense, drawing thousands of mourners to honor the victims, who included over 40 children and 30 women. 

 

Now ask yourself this: if this had happened anywhere else in the world, would there have been live coverage from the scene? Would journalists from CNN, BBC, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, CBC, Sky News, France 24, or other major international outlets have been broadcasting this funeral to a global audience? 

 

Surely, many a single victim elsewhere could command hours of international coverage. But sorry, the victims are Palestinians and the mainstream media does not even consider them human.

 https://x.com/MosabAbuToha/status/2084623614020616602

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MIFTAH: Targeting the Witness Not the Crime... The issue is no longer confined to Palestine. It becomes a question about the future of international law and accountability for EVERYONE. Protection of civil society, lawyers, and human rights defenders is NOT OPTIONAL, it is essential for truth, justice, and the demand for accountability

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"It’s no accident, Israel murdered her. From Shireen to Amal, the press vest is a target for Israel." Assal Rad

Lebanon 2026: Rescuers trying to help Amal Khalil were reportedly blocked from getting to her by an Israeli sound grenade.

Palestine May 2022, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 51-year-old Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

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It’s no accident, Israel murdered her. From Shireen to Amal, the press vest is a target for Israel. 

 

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May 11, 2022: Palestinian American Arab Christian Journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was assassinated by Israeli sniper fire while she was documenting and exposing Zionist violence & Israeli crimes

"Remember this was the Israeli military's first response after murdering Shireen Abu Akleh in broad daylight, repeatedly lying about it and then getting away with it. Doing Journalism was [IS] enough to get you killed by Israel." Yousef Munayyer

 

A UN expert claimed Israel was systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale "that suggests collective vengeance and destructive intent", in a report released to media on Friday.

Francesca Albanese is the UN special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (Andrej ISAKOVIC)

UN expert claims Israel using 'systematic' torture

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A UN expert claimed Israel was systematically torturing Palestinians on a scale "that suggests collective vengeance and destructive intent", in a report released to media on Friday.

Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, said that since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, which triggered the Gaza war, Palestinians in custody "have been subjected to exceptionally ruthless physical and psychological abuse"... READ MORE  https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/un-expert-claims-israel-using-210403092.html

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