On eve of the 'Nakba' commemoration, thousands of people took part in an annual march that took them through the ruins of villages that Palestinians were expelled from during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
On eve of the "Nakba" commemoration, thousands of people took part in an annual march that took them through the ruins of villages that Palestinians were expelled from during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.Eyes glistening with tears, Abdul Rahman al-Sabah, 88, recalled how members of the Haganah, a Zionist paramilitary group, forced his family from al Kassayer and "blew up our village".
Eyes glistening with tears, Abdul Rahman al Sabah, 88, recalled how members of the Haganah, a Zionist paramilitary group, forced his family from al Kassayer and"blew up our village". That means around a quarter of Gaza's population of 2.4 million people have been displaced again in about one week. Since Israeli troops moved into eastern Rafah, the aid crossing point from Egypt has remained closed and the nearby Karem Abu Salem crossing lacks"safe and logistically viable access", a UN report said late Monday.
Both the United States, which called it"a total outrage", and Britain, said they would raise concerns about the incident with Israel's government.
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