Israeli military operations in the West Bank have led to the displacement of around 40,000 Palestinians, marking the largest civilian displacement in the region since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

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,

FAR’A REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and snipers’ sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank — the largest displacement in the occupied territory since the 1967 Mideast war.

Israel is detaining Palestinians at a high rate as it’s supposed to be releasing people as part of the ceasefire deal.

Israeli forces demolished more than a dozen apartment buildings at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Palestinian official told CNN, the latest move in a military operation that has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled home following recent Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank. They have traveled by car and on foot, through muddy olive groves