The Nakba, or 'catastrophe', refers to some 760,000 Palestinians expelled from their homes during the 1948 war coinciding with Israel's creation.
The Nakba, or "catastrophe", refers to some 760,000 Palestinians expelled from their homes during the 1948 war coinciding with Israel's creation.Palestinians look for survivors in the rubble of a destroyed building hit during an Israeli air strike as an injured woman is helped in Rafah in southern Gaza. Photo: AFP
Abbas"completely rejects the forced displacement of our people from the Gaza Strip, because it will be tantamount to a second Nakba for our people," he said on Friday, according to a statement published by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa. His remarks came after the Israeli military dropped leaflets on blockaded Gaza, warning people to flee from the north, an area home to some 1.1 million people.
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