UNITED NATIONS, 06 September, 2026 (Kamran Raja) – 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 report said military, police and other forces deployed during Israel’s Operation Iron Wall offensive killed civilians, destroyed hundreds of homes, damaged roads and other infrastructure, cut off water and electricity, and blocked humanitarian access to the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps. Israeli forces went door to door ordering residents to leave. Some displaced Palestinians told OHCHR that Israeli officers said there would be no more refugee camps and that they should “all go to Jordan”. By October 2025, 52 per cent of structures in Jenin refugee camp, 48 per cent in Nur Shams and 36 per cent in Tulkarem had been destroyed or damaged, it was pointed out. The report said the large-scale, long-term and systematic displacement of over 33,000 Palestinians from the camps during the operation raises serious concerns of the crime against humanity of forcible transfer.