The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that more than 12,000 Palestinian children are currently living under conditions of “forced displacement” in the occupied West Bank due to ongoing Zionist aggression in the northern governorates. Since January 21, 2025, the Zionist forces have been carrying out a military campaign dubbed “Operation Iron Wall,” which began in the Jenin refugee camp and later expanded to the Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps.
In a statement published on X, UNRWA said that “more than 12,000 children remain forcibly displaced in the West Bank,” highlighting the severe humanitarian impact of the operation. The agency noted that in February 2025 it launched an emergency education program targeting displaced children in the northern West Bank, aiming to ensure continuity of learning through temporary learning spaces, distance education, and the provision of psychosocial support.
UNRWA added that around 48,000 Palestinian children are enrolled in its schools across the West Bank. Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, which lasted two years, Zionist forces and colonists have intensified actions in the West Bank, including the killing of Palestinian civilians, the demolition of homes and displacement of their residents, and the expansion of settlement construction.
