A weeks-long Israeli offensive has demolished houses and torn up vital infrastructure in the heavily built up townships, Palestinian authorities said.

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,

The Israeli army has destroyed several Palestinian homes across the occupied West Bank amid an escalating incursion.

ABC's Britt Clennett reports Palestinians hope both territories will one day be part of a nation-state they can call their own.

Over 55 Palestinians killed, thousands displaced in Israeli raids in northern West Bank since last month - Anadolu Ajansı

Palestinians say the fatal shooting of a pregnant 23-year-old in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank signals a worrying trend toward more lethal, warlike tactics by Israel in the occupied territory.

Israeli farming outposts are mushrooming across the West Bank, enabling settlers to displace Palestinians and grab large swaths of land

Israel widely uses pretext of lack of construction permits to demolish Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank - Anadolu Ajansı

The Israeli military also ramped up raids against Palestinian militants in the northern West Bank, and diverted its residents through seven new checkpoints, doubling Fauzi's time on the road. Now it's gotten worse.

Palestinian authorities have stated that many of their people living in refugee camps in the occupied West Bank have fled their homes as a weeks-long Israeli offensive has demolished houses and destroyed vital infrastructure in the densely built-up townships.