West Bank residents say Israeli forces are adopting tactics similar to the ones they are deploying in Gaza, including airstrikes and the use of Palestinians as human shields.

The three northern areas were home to around 400,000 people before the war began last year; at least half remained before the new offensive, a figure the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service estimated was now down to 80,000 people who it said were stuck without rescue teams or a fully-functional hospital.

In the year since the war in Gaza broke out, Israel’s government has been cracking down on dissent among its Palestinian citizens