Nearly a million residents have been displaced from northern Gaza after Israeli ultimatums and incessant strikes on homes, hospitals, churches, mosques and marketplaces.
The war of 1948, when Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes, is seared into their collective memory.
During the Middle East war, Israelis forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of their lands — the mass displacement is known as the Nakba, the Arabic word for catastrophe.
Many have voiced fears that, like their ancestors, they will never be allowed back if forced from their homes now.
Israeli forces have for weeks warned Palestinians to flee northern Gaza for the south, which it is also bombing, saying they would be allowed back home once its war on the enclave is ended.
Palestinians have no trust in the Israeli government’s promises and fear their displacement is permanent.
Most Palestinians in besieged Gaza are registered as refugees after their ancestors were forced out of their homes within Israel’s disputed borders in 1948.
The war of 1948, when Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes, is seared into their collective memory.
During the Middle East war, Israelis forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of their lands — the mass displacement is known as the Nakba, the Arabic word for catastrophe.
Many have voiced fears that, like their ancestors, they will never be allowed back if forced from their homes now.
Israeli forces have for weeks warned Palestinians to flee northern Gaza for the south, which it is also bombing, saying they would be allowed back home once its war on the enclave is ended.
Palestinians have no trust in the Israeli government’s promises and fear their displacement is permanent.
Most Palestinians in besieged Gaza are registered as refugees after their ancestors were forced out of their homes within Israel’s disputed borders in 1948.
Nearly a million residents have been displaced from northern Gaza after Israeli ultimatums and incessant strikes on homes, hospitals, churches, mosques and marketplaces.
The war of 1948, when Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes, is seared into their collective memory.
During the Middle East war, Israelis forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians out of their lands — the mass displacement is known as the Nakba, the Arabic word for catastrophe.
Many have voiced fears that, like their ancestors, they will never be allowed back if forced from their homes now.
Israeli forces have for weeks warned Palestinians to flee northern Gaza for the south, which it is also bombing, saying they would be allowed back home once its war on the enclave is ended.
Palestinians have no trust in the Israeli government’s promises and fear their displacement is permanent.
Most Palestinians in besieged Gaza are registered as refugees after their ancestors were forced out of their homes within Israel’s disputed borders in 1948.
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