WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed on Monday its concern over the impact of a weeks-long Israeli offensive in the occupied West Bank that has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians.
“The ICRC is deeply concerned with the impact of ongoing security operations on the civilian population in Jenin and Tulkarem, Tubas and other locations in northern West Bank,” it said in a statement.
“With many homes damaged or destroyed, people are struggling to access basic needs such as clean water, food, medical care, and shelter,” it said.
“The ICRC is working with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to coordinate aid distribution and medical evacuations. Displaced civilians in the northern West Bank require urgent assistance.”
The ICRC reiterated that the population shall be treated humanely and protected from violence.
This came as Israeli army minister Israel Katz boasts that the Israeli occupation army will prevent displaced Palestinians from returning to their homes and has ordered an extended military presence in the area.
Israeli occupation forces have already forcibly displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in the northern West Bank.
