West Bank: Families forcibly displaced in Hebron

Families forcibly displaced in Hebron as Israeli military campaigns trigger mass displacement and economic strangulation in the occupied West Bank.

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Israeli military campaigns in Hebron have triggered mass displacement and economic strangulation, deepening a humanitarian crisis across the occupied West Bank, according to Al Jazeera English. Palestinians in Hebron have been subjected to days of Israeli raids and forced displacement in the latest assault on the occupied West Bank city. Israel has imposed a lockdown on Palestinians and detained at least 47 Palestinians across Hebron since Friday, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

About 2,500 people have been forced out of the city as some Palestinian homes have been converted into military posts and barracks. The operations followed a shooting attack on Friday that killed two soldiers while the two Palestinian suspects were also killed. Rights groups have compared the current assault on Hebron to the tactics used during the January 2025 “Iron Wall” operation in the Jenin and Nur Shams refugee camps, which displaced more than 30,000 people and destroyed over half of their residential buildings.

Hesham al-Sharbati, a human rights researcher, told Al Jazeera that the military’s actions represent “a complete eviction campaign for a Palestinian residential neighbourhood”. He said what is happening is “a form of ethnic cleansing” and the collective punishment of the Palestinian community “amounts to a war crime”.

Moamar Yousef al-Awiwi, a Hebron municipal council member, said the latest Israeli operation in the city comes after a series of measures aimed at displacing the Palestinian population. “[It] serves as a crime and collective punishment contrary to all international customs and laws,” he told Al Jazeera.