'Unprecedented expulsion': UN says Israel displaced 36,000 Palestinians in West Bank Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Wed, 03/18/2026 - 07:02 UN warns Israel’s campaign of raids, settlements and settler violence is driving mass Palestinian displacement in the West Bank Mourners carry the body of Amir Mutasem Odeh, a 28-year-old Palestinian killed in an attack by Israeli settlers, in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on March 15, 2026. (Zain Jaafar/AFP) Off The number of Palestinians forcibly driven from their homes by Israel in the occupied West Bank has surged over the past year, with more than 36,000 displaced, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. Covering the 12 months up to 31 October 2025, the report records 1,732 incidents of settler violence that caused casualties or property destruction, up from 1,400 in the previous reporting period - an increase of nearly 25 percent. The attacks included sustained harassment, intimidation and the destruction of Palestinian homes, farmland and livelihoods. “Settler violence continued in a coordinated, strategic and largely unchallenged manner, with Israeli authorities playing the central role in directing, participating in or enabling this conduct,” the report says, making it difficult to distinguish between state and settler violence. Longstanding and pervasive impunity is “facilitating and encouraging violence against and harassment of Palestinians”, it adds. A large portion of the displacement occurred in northern parts of the territory. About 32,000 Palestinians were forced out of the Jenin, Tulkarem, Nur Shams and Far’a refugee camps during a sweeping Israeli military assault. 'Displacement in the occupied West Bank, appears to indicate a concerted Israeli policy of mass forcible transfer' - UN report “The displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank represented the mass expulsion of Palestinians on a scale previou