Escalating Israeli military operations have driven thousands of Palestinians into a relentless cycle of displacement, fleeing the Gaza Strip amid dire humanitarian conditions.
For the fourth time since being forced to leave the Jenin refugee camp, Ashraf Alnubani packed up his family's life once again. This time, they moved just a few blocks away. Like thousands of fellow Palestinians displaced from the camp, the family had no permanent home.
"Due to the military incursion, we expected to leave the camp, thinking we'd be away for a week or ten days and then return. I never imagined we'd still be displaced after a year or more. We keep being forced from one area to another. Can you imagine? This isn't a normal life. It's like a slow death," said Alnubani.
Alnubani and his family first fled the Jenin refugee camp last year during an Israeli military operation, which was initially framed by Israel as an operation targeting local Palestinian armed groups. But quickly, it turned out to be a full military control by Israel.
The camp had been home to generations of Palestinian refugees since the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Now, much of it stands empty.
Israeli military operation has hit younger generations hard, including Alnubani's daughter, Madleen. Madleen's husband was killed three years ago by the Israeli military while she was pregnant with their fourth child, leaving her to raise their children and support the family entirely on her own. Now she is trying to rebuild a life away from the camp.
"Life changed a lot. In the camp, our home was a place where everyone gathered. After we left the camp, we had to pay rent, and it became difficult just to keep a home. There was so much pressure because everyone from the camp had been forced out of their homes," said Madleen Alnubani.
Since the launch of "Operation Iron Wall" last year, the Israeli military action in the northern West Bank has caused one of the largest displacement crises which the territory has seen in decades. Nearly all of the 20,000 residents of the Jenin camp have been displaced during the operation. Many are still living in nearby towns and villages, uncertain if they will ever be able to return.
For families like Alnubani's, displacement has become a way of life.
"To this day, no one has asked about us, no one has seen us, and no one has cared about us. We are constantly being displaced," said Alnubani.
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