The Israel Defense Forces insisted it was “not forcing the Palestinians to evacuate,” but said it had “allowed residents of the camp to evacuate … through an organized and secured point.”

The United Nations secretary-general has warned that Israel might seize the opportunity to annex the occupied West Bank.

Israel has escalated its invasion and assault of the occupied West Bank this week, as the Gaza ceasefire deal has begun.

Israeli forces have launched a new military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, after a six-week ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Islamic group Hamas.

The United Nation's Palestinian refugee agency said on Sunday it had been ordered by Israel to vacate premises and cease all of its operations in occupied East Jerusalem by Thursday.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, during a confirmation hearing Tuesday with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed dismay that President Trump's nominee to be UN Ambassador, Elise Stefanik, believes Israel has a "Biblical right" to control the Palestinian territories in the West Bank.

EXCLUSIVE: Experts painted a bleak picture of the near-total destruction of Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war and detailed how its reconstruction could play out.

An Israeli strike on a built-up refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has killed two people, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday, as a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a third day.

UNRWA schools in east Jerusalem and 8,000 medical consultations are conducted each year. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mixed signals from the Trump administration on the fragile truce were further compounded by its action to revoke US sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank. The sanctions were imposed by the Biden administration last year over violent settler attacks on Palestinian villagers.