Days after the Gaza ceasefire took hold, the Israeli military launched its largest offensive in years in the occupied West Bank, displacing tens of thousands.

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TULKARM, March 8, 2025 (WAFA) – The Israeli aggression on the northern West Bank province of Tulkarm has entered its 41st consecutive day, resulting so far in massive house demolitions, widespread destruction, and mass displacement of Palestinians.

Nasr Abu Sharifa recounts his terrifying experience as Israeli soldiers forced him to act as a human shield during a raid in Tulkarm camp.

The destruction of refugee camps launched by Israel in the West Bank has turned into the largest displacement of Palestinians since the 1967 war, the UNRWA Commissioner-General says.

Israeli forces escalate military operations in the West Bank, threatening demolitions in Nur Shams and deploying armored vehicles to Jenin.

GazaBehind a locked door, Faisal Salameh, head of the Popular Services Committee of Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, somehow manages to make light of what it will be like to celebrate Ramadan in 2025,

The stalling of the ceasefire is part of a wider strategic shift, as Israel’s army seeks to maintain a larger geographical presence, including in territory that is not Israeli. It has begun to create what it intends to be indefinite “buffer zones” on four fronts: in Gaza, on the borders with Lebanon and Syria, and in the West Bank (see map).

Israeli troops demolished houses and cleared a wide roadway through the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, in a weeks-long operation against militant groups that has forced tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homes.

Israel’s military sent tanks into the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than two decades as it expanded operations in the territory on Sunday in a move decried by Palestinian authorities as an escalation of aggression.

And for the first time in two decades, Israeli forces have sent tanks into the city of Jenin and established a military post in another, Tulkarm. Israel appears to be laying the groundwork for a ...

TULKARM, March 7, 2025 (WAFA) – The Israeli aggression on the northern West Bank province of Tulkarm has entered its 40th consecutive day. The ongoing offensive has resulted in house demolitions, widespread destruction, and mass displacement of Palestinians.