内容摘要：; religious denominations like the Episcopal Church; and prominent colleges like Georgetown University in Washington.

; religious denominations like the Episcopal Church; and prominent colleges like Georgetown University in Washington.

For more AP Homes stories, go toKHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — As a 4-year-old, Ghalia Abu Moteir was driven to live in a tent in Khan Younis after her family fled their home in what’s now Israel, escaping advancing Israeli forces. Seventy-seven years later, she is now back in a tent under the

of Israel’s campaign in Gaza.On Thursday, Palestinians across the Middle East commemorated the anniversary of the “Nakba” -- Arabic for “the Catastrophe” -- when some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled by Israeli forces or fled their homes in what is now Israel before and during the 1948 war that surrounded its creation.Abu Moteir’s life traces the arc of Palestinians’ exile and displacement from that war to the current one.

has flattened much of Gaza, killed more than 53,000 people, driven almost the entire population of 2.3 million from their homes and threatens to push them into“Today we’re in a bigger Nakba than the Nakba that we saw before,” the 81-year-old Abu Moteir said, speaking outside the tent where she lives with her surviving sons and daughters and 45 grandchildren.

Palestinian villagers flee during fighting between Israeli and Arab troops on Nov. 4, 1948. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)

Palestinian villagers flee during fighting between Israeli and Arab troops on Nov. 4, 1948. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)Anna Geislerova poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Caravan’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Anna Geislerova poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Caravan’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Director Joachim Trier, from left, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Sentimental Value’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Director Joachim Trier, from left, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Sentimental Value’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)Nadia Tereszkiewicz, left, and Alessandro Borghi pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Heads or Tails?’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)