Gazans say today’s catastrophe is worse amid Nakba anniversary
Millions of Palestinians on May 15 marked the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, 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.
It was the third commemoration of the Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” since the war in Gaza began.
The village, al-Joura, where Yusuf Abu Hamam’s family ended up , and where he spent most of his life, now lies also largely in ruins.
Buildings in the Shati Camp in the northern Gaza Strip have been razed and wrecked by Israeli bombardment and demolitions during the war.
