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Palestine warns of 'second Nakba' catastrophe in Gaza

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Palestinians walk through debris amid massive destruction from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City" s="" al-Rimal="" district.="" Mahmud="" AFP="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/afp/10/11/20231010-gaza-children-airstrikes-afp-s.jpg"/><figcaption>Palestinians walk through debris amid massive destruction from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City&#x27;s al-Rimal district. Mahmud Hams, AFP/file</figcaption></figure></div><p><br/>RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Friday warned against a &quot;second Nakba&quot; catastrophe facing Palestinians after the Israeli army ordered more than one million people to evacuate north Gaza.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/10/12/23/palestinian-un-envoy-urges-israel-to-allow-humanitarian-aid-to-enter-gaza">Palestinian UN envoy urges Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza</a></li></ul><p>Abbas &quot;completely rejects the displacement of our people from the Gaza Strip, because it will be tantamount to a second Nakba for our people,&quot; he said, according to a statement published by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.</p><p>The Nakba, or &quot;catastrophe&quot;, refers to some 760,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes during the 1948 war that coincided with Israel&#x27;s creation.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/10/10/23/foreigners-killed-missing-or-abducted-in-hamas-attack">Foreigners killed, missing or abducted in Hamas attack</a></li></ul><p>His remarks came after the Israeli military dropped leaflets on the blockaded Gaza Strip warning people to flee from the north, an area home to some 1.1 million people.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/10/11/23/what-we-know-about-israels-war-with-hamas">What we know about Israel&#x27;s war with Hamas</a></li></ul><p>Abbas&#x27;s Palestinian Authority is seated in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, and is split from the militant group Hamas which rules Gaza.</p><p>Israeli forces have launched thousands of strikes on Gaza since Saturday, killing more than 1,530 people according to a health ministry toll.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/13/23/in-gaza-a-desperate-search-for-loved-ones-under-the-rubble">In Gaza, a desperate search for loved ones under the rubble</a></li></ul><p>The war erupted in the wake of cross-border attacks by Hamas militants, which killed more than 1,300 people, the Israeli military said.</p><div><strong>sy-rsc/dv</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

The Palestinian Authority is seated in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, and is split from the militant group Hamas which rules Gaza.