An Israeli military operation has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians who can’t break their fast in their own homes and don’t know when, or if, they will ever return.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes since the West Bank operation began during the Gaza ceasefire

Israel has killed eight people in the Gaza Strip and five more in the West Bank in the past 24 hours, Palestinian officials have said. It comes as a fragile ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas - which came into effect on 19 January - largely holds.

A charity kitchen in the occupied West Bank has expanded its usual operations to help displaced Palestinians trying to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The U.N. estimates some 37,000 Palestinians have been driven out by a month-old offensive against militant groups in the occupied West Bank.

By Ali Sawafta, James Mackenzie BARDALA, West Bank (Reuters) -Just metres from the last houses in Bardala, a Palestinian village at the northern end of the occupied West Bank, Israel's army has been bulldozing a dirt road and ditch between the community and open grazing land on the hills behind it.

Thousands of worshipers attended Friday prayer at al-Aqsa compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Many arrived from the West Bank after Israel allowed men over 55 and women over 50 to enter Jerusalem to perform the prayers during Ramadan.

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