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OCCUPIED-AL-QUDS: One month after Israel was wracked by Hamas attacks, life has been upended for both the Palestinians and Israel after it launched a war of reprisal in the Gaza Strip.The October 7...

One month after Israel was wracked by Hamas attacks, life has been upended for both the Palestinians and Israel after it launched a war of reprisal in the Gaza Strip."The change wrought by the war is total: in losses of life and in damage, in anxieties, in the country's agenda and in the total upending of old political conventions from every possible aspect."

Gaza – a territory of 2.4 million people – has been transformed into an apocalyptic battleground by air strikes and ground assaults after Israel vowed to eradicate Hamas.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: One month after Israel was wracked by Hamas attacks, life has been upended for both the...

One month after Israel was wracked by Hamas attacks, life has been upended for both the Palestinians and Israel after it launched a war of reprisal in the Gaza Strip.

“I fear that the ongoing destruction has a clear aim, so people don’t have a place to live which will spark a new Nakba,” one Palestinian says.

Omar Ashur became a refugee during the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" experienced by Palestinians following Israel's creation 75 years ago and now fears the ongoing bombardment of Gaza will again force him into exile.- 'Destruction with a clear aim' - "What's happening is dangerous," Ashur told AFP.  "I fear that the ongoing destruction has a clear aim, so people don't have a place to live which will spark a new Nakba," he said, ref...

Omar Ashur became a refugee during the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" experienced by Palestinians following Israel's creation 75 years ago and now fears the ongoing bombardment of Gaza will again force him into exile. A retired general from the Palestinian Authority security forces, 83-year-old Ashur lives in Al-Zahra in central Gaza where Israeli missiles flattened an area of more than 20 buildings late on Thursday. Residents had been warned to flee before the strikes, but ma...

Omar Ashur became a refugee during the "Nakba" or "catastrophe" experienced by Palestinians following Israel's creation 75 years ago and now fears the ongoing bombardment of Gaza will again force him into exile.