NEW YORK, January 5, 2026 (WAFA) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated that more than 12,000 Palestinian children are living in a state of "forced displacement" in the occupied West Bank as a result of the ongoing Israeli military operation in the northern governorates.

Since January 21, 2025, the Israeli army has been conducting a military operation in the northern West Bank, dubbed "Operation Iron Wall," which began in Jenin refugee camp and later expanded to the Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps.

The UN agency stated via X that "more than 12,000 children remain forcibly displaced in the West Bank."

It added that in February 2025, it launched an emergency education program for displaced children in the northern West Bank to ensure the continuation of their education through temporary learning spaces, distance learning, and the provision of psychosocial support.

The UN agency noted that approximately 48,000 Palestinian children are enrolled in its schools in the West Bank.

Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, which lasted for two years, the Israeli army and colonists  have intensified their crimes in the West Bank, including the killing of Palestinian citizens, the demolition of homes and the displacement of their owners, and the expansion of settlement construction.

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