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The Nakba: why most people in Gaza are refugees
In 1948, around 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled from their homes during the creation of Israel. Their descendants make up most of Gaza's population, and they have never been allowed to return.
1948
Palestinians call it the Nakba, "the catastrophe". During the war of 1947 to 1949, around 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled from their towns and villages. Hundreds of villages were depopulated and destroyed, and the refugees were not allowed to return.
Gaza, a land of refugees
Many of them ended up in the Gaza Strip. Today about seven in ten of Gaza's people are refugees or their descendants, living in camps such as Jabalia, Shati (Beach camp), Nuseirat and Rafah, which were among the places hit hardest in the current war.
The right of return
UN General Assembly Resolution 194, adopted in December 1948, says refugees wishing to return to their homes should be permitted to do so. Israel has never allowed it.
A Nakba that never ended
Many Palestinians and historians describe the displacement of Gaza's population since 2023, and the expulsions in the West Bank, as a continuation of the Nakba.
Watch NAZA
„Naza” to izraelski wojskowy żargon oznaczający straty uboczne: liczbę cywilów, których oficer może zabić w ataku. W tym dokumencie 24 izraelskich oficerów wywiadu i żołnierzy, wielu z najbardziej prestiżowych jednostek armii, wyjaśnia, jak tę liczbę w Gazie ustalano, zatwierdzano i przekraczano. Ich twarze i głosy są zmienione.
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