Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday said Israeli forces forcibly displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians from three refugee camps in the occupied northern West Bank in January, in violations of international law that amount to "war crimes".

The report examined Israel's "Operation Iron Wall", a large-scale military operation that began in the Jenin refugee camp on Jan 21 before Tel Aviv expanded it to the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps, and other areas in the occupied northern West Bank, Anadolu Ajansi reported.