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[Issam Rimawi  - Anadolu Agency])   Israeli forces conduct a raid on the al-Askar Refugee Camp detaining numerous Palestinians and subjecting them to field interrogation in Nablus in the West Bank, Palestine, on September 4, 2026. [Issam Rimawi  – Anadolu Agency]             A UN report published Friday said Israel forcibly displaced the entire Palestinian populations of three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank and continues to prevent their return, raising concerns of forcible transfer and “ethnic cleansing,”Anadolu reports.  The UN Human Rights Office report said Israeli forces displaced residents of the Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps during Operation Iron Wall in January and February 2025. Israeli forces killed civilians, destroyed homes and infrastructure, cut water and electricity, and restricted humanitarian access during the operation, according to the report. More than 33,000 Palestinians were displaced from the three camps, with 33,362 still unable to return as of July, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. The report said the “large-scale, long-term and systematic displacement” raises serious concerns of the crime against humanity of forcible transfer. It said actions that rendered the camps uninhabitable “appear to amount to collective punishment and raise concerns of ethnic cleansing.” READ: (https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260903-israel-seeks-trumps-backing-to-ethnically-cleanse-palestinians/) Israel seeks Trump’s backing to ethnically cleanse Palestinians   “The way Operation Iron Wall has been conducted suggests its aim was to expel as many Palestinians as possible and to make way for more illegal Israeli settlements, in further violation of international law,” UN rights chief Volker Turk said in the report. 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