[News] UNRWA: West Bank refugee camps nearly emptied of their residents

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 UNRWA: West Bank refugee camps nearly emptied of their residents

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GAZA, (PIC)

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said the Jenin,
Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, in the northern occupied West Bank,
have been nearly emptied of their residents.

“With widespread destruction to civilian infrastructure, including homes,
people now face the prospect of having nowhere to return to,” UNWRA said in
a statement.

According to the agency, Israeli forces began the demolition of more than
16 buildings in the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarem.

“This comes less than a week after 11 houses were demolished in the same
camp, 14 other houses in the Tulkarem Camp, and controlled detonations in
Jenin Camp around a month ago that left the camp uninhabitable,” read a
statement.

“These large-scale demolitions are an alarming new pattern. They have an
unprecedented impact on the Palestinian refugees and seek to permanently
change the characteristics of the camps in the northern West Bank,” UNRWA
added.

Israel’s continuing military operation in the territory has resulted in the
largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since the 1967 war,
with some 40,000 people displaced from their homes, said the UN relief
agency.
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