Some Palestinians displaced in 1948 say Gaza conflict is ‘harder’
At age 89, Palestinian Liga Jabr remembers how conflict uprooted her family when she was a child. Now, 75 years later, she says the offensive raging in Gaza is even worse, AFP reports.
“This war is harder than any of the displacements” brought by previous conflicts, Jabr told AFP in Rafah refugee camp, on the besieged Gaza Strip’s southern border with Egypt.
Sitting by a small wooden table in a house crowded with family members, she said she has felt fear like never before as the conflict entered its 100th day.
“To be honest… I’m afraid,” she said. “I have never seen a war like this one. This war is disgraceful.” Fighting began with Hamas’s unprecedented attack on southern Israel, which resulted in about 1,140 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.