The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that Israel must facilitate the safe and dignified return of displaced Palestinians to their homes in Gaza.

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Ajith Sunghay, head of UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, highlighted that Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing their fourth year and fourth winter of chronic displacement in flimsy tents while under continuous fire.

Israeli forces in Gaza appear to treat the 'yellow line' demarcation boundary as a kill zone, preventing displaced Palestinians from returning to their homes on the other side.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warned on October 30, 2026 that Israeli forces squeezing Palestinians into ever-smaller areas of Gaza while destroying civilian infrastructure raises grave concerns of ethnic cleansing.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned that Israeli threats to empty and erase entire neighborhoods in Hebron raise serious concerns of ethnic cleansing.

Ajith Sunghay, head of UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, stated that Palestinians displaced before the Gaza ceasefire have little prospect of returning to areas beyond the yellow line.

Following an October 24, 2026 Palestinian gunmen attack that killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Hebron, Israeli military operations forcibly displaced approximately 3,000 to 3,189 residents from the Ein Deir Baha and Al-Jaladah neighborhoods.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that Israel's ongoing forcible transfer of Palestinians within the Gaza Strip constitutes a war crime that may amount to a crime against humanity.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights documented a westward expansion of Israeli military deployment areas over late October 2026 in Al Shujaiyeh, Gaza City, as well as eastern Al Bureij, eastern Deir Al-Balah, and eastern Al Maghazi.

The United Nations reported that the ongoing civil war in Sudan has displaced over 13 million people and left about 34 million requiring humanitarian assistance.

Armed resistance and civil war spread across Myanmar after the military's 2021 takeover quashed pro-democracy protests, leading to the detention of over 32,000 people according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.

At least 36 people were injured in the Jari 2 camp drone strikes and required medical treatment.

Following the attack on the Jari 2 displacement camp, surviving residents were relocated to shelter in a local school in the town of Hayk.

At least 10 children under the age of five received medical treatment for injuries sustained in the Jari 2 camp attack.

Rescue workers confirmed that at least five children were among those killed in the drone strikes on the Jari 2 displacement camp.

Witnesses and rescue workers reported that no active fighting was taking place in or immediately around the Jari 2 camp when the drone strikes occurred.

The Jari 2 displacement camp, located 400 kilometers northeast of Addis Ababa and home to over 1,700 displaced civilians, was hit as students were returning home from school.

At least 15 to 16 people were killed in the drone attack on the Jari 2 displacement camp, including 13 to 14 people buried at the site and two who died at a hospital in Hayk.

An Israeli military operation in Hebron displaced over 3,000 Palestinian residents from their homes, according to a United Nations statement released on October 26, 2026.

Displaced Palestinian residents in Hebron reported that Israeli road blockages severely hindered access to essential medical care during the October 2026 military operation.

The South African presidency attributed recent violent actions and anti-migrant protests to a campaign of misinformation surrounding the Constitutional Court's asylum ruling.