Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today’s catastrophe is worse
Displaced families say the keys represent memory, loss and hope of return as Israel's war has forced new waves of displacement.
- On Friday, millions of Palestinians marked the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, commemorating the 1948 mass expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians, with survivor Abu Hamam calling the current war an even greater catastrophe.
- While the 1948 Nakba involved a single displacement, current residents describe a 'new Nakba' marked by repeated flight, as around 90% of Gaza's more than 2 million people have lost their homes during the ongoing war.
- Carrying keys from destroyed homes serves as a symbol of resistance, with community activist Rami al-Sharafi noting he carries three keys to pass to his children as evidence of their past.
- Israel's offensive has killed over 72,700 Palestinians, and nearly every building in northern Gaza towns like Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun has been razed or heavily damaged by bombardments.
- Palestinians continue to hold onto these keys as evidence of their right to return, viewing their steadfastness as an act of resistance that ensures the memory of their lost homes persists.
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Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 Nakba and say today’s
DEIR AL-BALAH: Blink and you might miss the few stone walls that are all that’s left of the village that Yusuf Abu Hamam’s family was forced to flee when he was an infant in 1948. The village, Al-Joura, was demolished by the Israeli military at the time. It has since vanished under neighborhoods of the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and the grounds of a national park. The
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Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today's catastrophe is worse
Millions of Palestinians are marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba. That's Arabic for “catastrophe,” referring to the mass expulsion and flight of some 750,000 Palestinians from what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.
Nakba to Gaza: Why Palestinians still carry keys to lost homes
In the corners of makeshift tents, tucked inside bags that survived Israel's bombing and carried in the exhausted hands of the displaced, the key remains more than a rusted piece of metal. Since the Nakba of 1948, Palestinians have held onto the keys of homes they were forced to leave as proof that a house once stood and that a story did not end with displacement. Seventy-seven years later, the same scene repeats in Gaza: destroyed homes, scatte…
Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion
Blink, and you might miss the few stone walls that are all that’s left of the village that Yusuf Abu Hamam’s family was forced to flee when he was an infant in 1948. The village, al-Joura, was demolished by the Israeli military at the time. It has since vanished under neighbourhoods of the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and the grounds of a national park. The neighbourhood where Abu Hamam’s family ended up — and where he spent most of his lif…
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