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Israeli defense minister orders military takeover of West Bank refugee camp
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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the military on July 28 to take control of another Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, without specifying which one, Human Rights Watch reported. The directive raised war crimes concerns, though the report did not detail the specific allegations or legal basis for those concerns.
The order follows a pattern of short-term access permits issued to residents of Tulkarem refugee camp in June, when Palestinians were allowed briefly to collect belongings from evacuated homes. The designation of a target camp was not disclosed in Katz's instructions to the Israeli military.
