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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julia Frankel and Wafaa Shurafa

Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say today's catastrophe is worse

Mideast Wars Nakba Anniversary - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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.

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