Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Israel of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity through the forced displacement of Palestinians from refugee camps in the occupied West Bank. In a comprehensive report released on Thursday, HRW detailed that 32,000 individuals were forcibly removed from their homes in January and February 2024, with no permission granted for their return. Israeli forces have continued military operations in these camps, deliberately demolishing civilian infrastructure and homes. The report highlights large-scale assaults on the Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps in the northern West Bank, where civilians were expelled and infrastructure systematically destroyed. HRW’s findings are based on interviews with 31 displaced Palestinians, satellite imagery, videos, and photographs, which confirm widespread destruction. The report, titled ‘All My Dreams Have Been Erased’: Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank,’ also reveals that Israeli authorities have denied residents the right to return, even in the absence of active military operations. Soldiers have reportedly fired at individuals attempting to access their homes, with only a few allowed to retrieve belongings. The military has bulldozed and razed areas to create wider access routes and blocked all entrances to the camps. According to the United Nations Satellite Centre (Unosat), at least 1,460 buildings have been damaged in the three camps as of October 2023. These actions are part of a broader escalation by Israeli forces in the West Bank, which has included nearly 7,500 raids on Palestinian towns and villages in 2025 alone, as reported by the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA). Over the past two years, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians and arrested thousands more in the occupied West Bank. HRW’s senior refugee and migrant rights researcher, Nadia Hardman, emphasized the urgent need for international action, calling for targeted sanctions on Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Katz, and the enforcement of International Criminal Court warrants.