The UN Human Rights office in Geneva says the forced eviction and displacement of Palestinian families in occupied Jerusalem by Israel may amount to a war crime and must be reversed immediately.

In a statement, UN experts said it is deeply shocking and heartbreaking to see elderly Palestinian couples evicted from their family home where they lived all their lives and raised their children.

The experts noted that Israel’s transfer of its own population into Palestinian territory and colonizing the occupied territory on violation of international law.