Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass uprooting and say today’s catastrophe is worse
- On Friday, Abu Hamam & millions of Palestinians mark the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, “catastrophe,” referring to the mass expulsion & flight of some 750,000 Palestinians from what is now Israel during the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation
- Around 530 Palestinian villages in what became Israel were destroyed, according to the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics
