[News] Displaced people of northern Gaza live a harsher Nakba

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Displaced people of northern Gaza live a harsher Nakba

Thursday 14-May-2026
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GAZA, (PIC)

In Gaza, the Nakba is no longer a memory in which Palestinians recall the
stories of displacement in 1948, but has turned into a daily reality lived
by more than 1.5 million displaced people, amidst tents, hunger, and fear,
in light of a continuous war and siege that brought back scenes of
displacement with harsher and wider dimensions.

In the Sanabel camp for the displaced in the far northwest of the Gaza
Strip, worn-out tents spread over the sands of the coastal Al-Sudaniya
area, while residents face the summer heat and the lack of basic life
necessities, in a scene that reflects the extension of the Palestinian
tragedy across generations, coinciding with the 78th anniversary of the
Nakba.

A tragedy beyond the Nakba

Inside one of the tents, the displaced man from Beit Hanoun, Abdul Karim
Aqel, 52 years old, sits, recalling images of war, destruction, and the
loss of loved ones. He says that what Palestinians are living today exceeds
the traditional concept of the Nakba, describing what happened as an
unprecedented war of genocide.

Aqel believes that the war did not only target Gaza militarily, but sought,
with American support, to end the Palestinian cause and impose forced
displacement, adding that the steadfastness of the Palestinians during the
first months prevented the implementation of displacement plans outside
Palestine.

He describes the reality of displacement as a siege within a siege, noting
that the residents of the Strip were crammed into a narrow geographical
area on the sea coast, while bombing, starvation, and the destruction of
the components of life continue.

The man does not hide the scale of the psychological collapse experienced
by the displaced, saying that many have come to see death as easier than
the life of tents and deprivation, recalling scenes of the famine that hit
the Strip, and the accompanying unprecedented humanitarian collapse.

The Israeli war of genocide on Gaza, which has been ongoing for two years,
has left more than 72,000 martyrs and more than 172,000 wounded, most of
them children and women, in addition to widespread destruction that
affected nearly 90% of the civilian infrastructure, according to
Palestinian data.

Struggle for survival

In a neighboring tent, Asmahan Khulaif, 61 years old, displaced from Beit
Lahia, tries to provide a narrow space for her grandchildren amidst the
sand, while she talks about the lack of security and the continued bombing
and the falling of victims on a daily basis.

She points with her hand to the worn-out roof of the tent, saying, “The
tents do not protect us from the heat of summer or the cold of winter, and
they do not protect us from bullets and shells.” The elderly woman recalls
her previous life with regret, “Before the war, we had houses to shelter
us, and life despite its simplicity was beautiful, but today we live in
hell.”

She describes life in the camp as a “daily struggle for survival,” adding,
“There are no markets, schools, or clinics, as if we have returned to the
dark ages.”

Khulaif believes that the current Nakba has canceled social differences
between people, explaining, “In the Nakba of 1948, the conditions were not
like now, we have all become in similar conditions, social classes have
melted away, and everyone has become in one crushed class.”

Outside the scope of geography

As for Umm Alaa Salem Deeb, 53 years old, she says that what Gaza is
witnessing today exceeds everything she heard from the stories of fathers
and grandfathers about the Nakba of 1948, noting that the displacement camp
in which she lives is completely isolated from the manifestations of life.

She explains that the area lacks transportation, markets, schools, and
medical services, adding that children have begun to pay a heavy price for
the war after being deprived of education and stability.

Umm Alaa recalls the moment of her displacement from her home under
bombardment during the first months of the war, confirming that she lost
most of her family members, including her daughter, while she still lives
with the effects of shock and loss.

Despite the ceasefire agreement announced in October 2025, Israeli
violations continue through daily shelling, the siege, and preventing the
entry of sufficient quantities of food, medicine, and shelter materials,
which has exacerbated the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip.

According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Israeli violations since the
start of the truce have resulted in the martyrdom of 856 Palestinians and
the injury of 2,463 others, amidst continuous warnings of the worsening
famine and the collapse of health and humanitarian conditions.
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