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Displaced Gazans Remain Stranded Abroad Amid Stalled Reconstruction

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Over 100,000 displaced Gazans remain stranded abroad as reconstruction and stability fail to materialise.

Nearly a year after a ceasefire meant to launch reconstruction, more than 100,000 Gazans who fled the territory remain stranded overseas. Individuals like Omar al-Hassayna, who lost dozens of relatives in airstrikes, wait in Cairo for stability and a full withdrawal before attempting to return. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue to hold large portions of the enclave and conduct regular strikes.

Omar al-Hassayna lost 308 members of his extended family during an airstrike on a cluster of Gaza City apartment buildings in late November 2023.
Palestinian Authority figures indicate that more than 100,000 residents left the enclave during the conflict and remain abroad.
Israeli forces currently maintain control over more than 60 percent of the territory and carry out near-daily airstrikes.
Only about 7,000 displaced Palestinians have managed to return to the enclave since fleeing.

By the numbers

100,000Gazans who left the enclave

60%territory held by Israeli forces

308members of Hassayna family killed

7,000Palestinians who have gone home

Timeline

Nov 22, 2023Airstrikes destroyed apartment buildings where members of the Hassayna family were sheltering.
Aug 2026Relatives in Gaza buried the recovered remains of 112 family members from the rubble.

Why it matters

The prolonged displacement highlights the deep humanitarian and political crisis persisting long after formal combat operations scaled down, with reconstruction efforts stalled.

What outlets agree on

More than 100,000 Palestinians who left Gaza during the war remain displaced abroad as reconstruction remains stalled nearly a year after a ceasefire.

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