After a year of displacement, Tulkarm's Palestinians allowed home for two hours

After a year of displacement, Tulkarm's Palestinians allowed home for two hours Submitted by Mojahid Nawahda on Thu, 06/18/2026 - 12:38 Residents granted brief access to retrieve belongings left behind after fleeing Israel's operation in the refugee camp Palestinians collect their possessions as Israeli forces stand nearby in the Tulkarm refugee camp, northern occupied West Bank, 17 June 2026 (Mojahid Nawahda/MEE) Off Carrying nothing but identity cards, displaced Palestinian families lined up outside Tulkarm refugee camp on Wednesday morning, waiting for permission to enter homes they had not seen since January 2025. More than 16 months after Israel launched its “Iron Wall” operation in the northern occupied West Bank, tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians remain unable to return to their homes in Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps. Some 45 displaced families from Tulkarm refugee camp were granted access for only two hours to retrieve personal belongings left behind when they fled, in an arrangement coordinated through the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee.