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Published on: 28/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Saqr Maqdad and his family set out on their difficult journey back to northern Gaza late on Sunday night. Leaving behind the Khan Younis displacement camp in the south, the 31-year-old walked northward hoping to reach Beit Hanoon, the family’s hometown. The family were among an estimated 200,000 Palestinians who streamed back into the most devastated parts of the Gaza Strip. Trump said that the move could be a temporary measure. Across Gaza, Palestinians have rejected Trump’s proposal. “This is our land. We were born here, and we will die here,” he said. Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, launched on October 7, 2023, has left an unparalleled toll on the enclave. More than 46,700 Palestinians dead, including 18,000 children, and nearly 1.9 million people displaced. Abu Suleiman dismissed Trump’s relocation comments, saying he “doesn’t understand history or reality” the Nakba, or “catastrophe”, was the forced displacement of at least 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 upon the formation of Israel on 78 percent of historical Palestine. Abu Suleiman pointed out that opportunities to leave Gaza were available during and even before the war, but people have overwhelmingly chosen to stay, even as death loomed closer than life. Hani al-Aqqad, a Palestinian political analyst from Gaza, sees Palestinian refusal to abandon their land as a significant reason for why he believes Trump’s proposed relocation plan will fail. “Every past attempt to displace Palestinians has failed because they consider this fight their own,” he said. He pointed to the mass return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, despite the complete destruction and lack of services.

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