Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled home following recent Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank.

Israeli forces demolished more than a dozen apartment buildings at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Palestinian official told CNN, the latest move in a military operation that has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks.

A weeks-long Israeli offensive has demolished houses and torn up vital infrastructure in the heavily built up townships, Palestinian authorities said.

The Israeli military launched a wide-scale operation last month against militants in several cities in the West Bank. Now, roughly 40,000 Palestinians have fled their homes — the highest since Israel occupied the territory nearly six decades ago,

Aqraba is the largest town in the West Bank. Since October 2023, it has experienced 106 settler attacks, during which three residents have been killed and dozens wounded and arrested. During this time, Israeli authorities have ordered the confiscation 25,000 dunums (6,000 acres) of land and attempted to sieze another 75,000 dunums.

Israeli farming outposts are mushrooming across the West Bank, enabling settlers to displace Palestinians and grab large swaths of land

To spend a rush hour these days at any of the traffic-snarled checkpoints outside Palestinian cities in the West Bank is to hear of the endless problems they have brought — families divided, money lost,