The Palestinian Authority wants to prove it can handle security in Gaza, even if it means working in parallel with a destructive Israeli campaign that has displaced tens of thousands.

Nearly 40,000 Palestinians driven from their homes by Israel's monthlong offensive in the West Bank have scattered across nearby villages and towns, trying to find shelter.

A month-long Israeli military operation targeting the four major refugee camps of the northern West Bank - Tulkarem, Nur Shams, Jenin and Al-Fara’a – has prompted a wave of displacement the UN says has not been seen since 1967.

Watching her granddaughter sleep in cramped quarters for displaced Palestinians, Sanaa Shraim hopes for a better life for the baby, born into a weeks-long Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank.