ISRAELI OCCUPIED WEST BANK,Dozens of residents from the West Bank's emptied Nur Shams refugee camp returned on Wednesday to retrieve belongings ahead of the Israeli military's demolition of 25 residential buildings there.

 

Early this year, the military launched an ongoing operation it said was aimed at rooting out Palestinian armed groups from camps in the northern occupied West Bank -- including Nur Shams, Tulkarem and Jenin.

 

Loading furniture, children's toys and even a window frame onto small trucks, Palestinian residents hurried Wednesday to gather as much as they could under the watchful eye of Israeli soldiers, according to AFP news agency.

 

Troops performed ID checks and physical searches, allowing through only those whose houses were set to be demolished.

 

Some who were able to enter salvaged large empty water tanks, while others came out with family photos, mattresses and heaters.

 

More than 32,000 people remain displaced from the now-empty camps, where Israeli troops are stationed, according to the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.   - (ANA) -

 

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