75 Years Later: Gaza Marks the 'Nakba' as a Village Vanishes

Palestinians in Gaza are marking the anniversary of the mass displacement that began in 1948, known as the Nakba, or "catastrophe." For one 75-year-old man, the memory is tied to a village that no longer exists. Yusuf Abu Hamam was an infant when his family fled the village of al-Joura. Today, only a few stone walls remain. The Israeli military demolished the village in 1948. It has since disappeared under neighborhoods of the southern Israeli city of Ashqelon and the grounds of a national park. The neighborhood where Abu Hamam’s family settled, and where he lived most of his life, is now largely in ruins.