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Most people in Gaza are refugees or descendants of refugees who fled or were driven from their homes during the 1948 war that accompanied Israel's creation, an event known to Palestinians as the ...
Rana Youssef, 35, who was forced to flee Gaza City’s al-Shati refugee camp at the start of the bombing, was now returning with her husband and children. The mathematics teacher had set up a tent ...
Nine out of 10 residents of Gaza – one of the most densely populated areas in the world before the war – fled their homes. Almost 47,000 people are now dead, including at least 14,500 children.
The UNRWA built concrete homes in 1950 to replace the tents. Most of the refugees today, like those in most camps in the Gaza Strip today, live in densely populated buildings. The camp does not have a sewage system and most waste accumulates in the Wadi Gaza, a stream north of the camp, and as a result poses a health hazard.
In 1950, the UN gave the refugees from the Jaffa area temporary housing. These people initially refused the UN's offers, stating their eagerness to return to their homes. They desired no sense of permanence. After two years, they accepted the offer and settled at Balata. [2] In 1956, the Jaffa refugees desired more permanent housing.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Clickable map of the Palestinian refugee camps Palestinian refugee camps were first established to accommodate Palestinians who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight during the 1948 Palestine war. Camps were established by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in ...
PHOTO: Manual Aslim walks through the rubble of her destroyed home, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 21, 2025, days after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect.
In 1971, Israeli authorities demolished over 2,000 shelters for the purpose of widening the roads for security reasons. About 8,000 refugees were forced to leave the camp to the nearby housing project in Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City. [2] [4] [5] [6] In 2023, Al-Shati was hit by multiple airstrikes during the Israel-Hamas War.