Overview
- Palestinians worldwide marked the 78th Nakba on Friday, with survivors and activists describing the catastrophe as a continuing process rather than a closed chapter.
- United Nations estimates say about 90% of Gaza’s more than 2 million residents have lost their homes, and local health officials report over 72,700 people killed in the war.
- Gaza families describe reverting to older survival skills such as drying food, cooking over open fires, and rebuilding with mud and rubble because modern services and supplies have collapsed.
- UNRWA’s work has grown harder under Israeli restrictions that included tearing down buildings at its East Jerusalem headquarters and a parliamentary move to bar its operations, as staff ferried key refugee records out of Gaza to preserve legal status and services.
- Global reactions spanned street and state: a Berlin march registered about 1,000 participants, Pakistan’s leaders reaffirmed support for a state based on pre-1967 borders, and a New York City mayoral Nakba video drew sharp criticism from Jewish groups.