Malik Lutfi contemplated which of his family’s belongings to salvage in the few moments he was given while Israeli troops carried out home demolitions in the Tulkarm refugee camp where he grew up in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Now 51, the father of six has rented a small room in the nearby city of Tulkarm, but without access to his electronic repair shop in the cordoned-off camp, he has no income to meet the rent, sparking anxiety about his family’s future.

With bulldozers roaring outside, he said: “They kicked us out six months ago and we are still out. When you go back, you try to bring anything you can, but in two hours with only our hands, you cannot bring many things.”

Israeli operations are pushing tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians like Lutfi out of their homes, says B’Tselem, the independent Israeli human rights information centre for the occupied territories.

Israel’s northern West Bank operation, which began in January, has been one of the biggest since the Second Intifada uprising by Palestinians more than 20 years ago.

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