Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in refugee camps in the occupied West Bank have left their homes as a weeks-long Israeli offensive has demolished houses and torn up vital infrastructure in the heavily built up townships,

The Israeli military launched a wide-scale operation last month against militants in several cities in the West Bank. Now, roughly 40,000 Palestinians have fled their homes — the highest since Israel occupied the territory nearly six decades ago,

Palestinian authorities have stated that many of their people living in refugee camps in the occupied West Bank have fled their homes as a weeks-long Israeli offensive has demolished houses and destroyed vital infrastructure in the densely built-up townships.