He had then gone to Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank, where he is now trapped.
Topic: geopoliticsRegion: middle eastUpdated: i2 outletsSources: 2Spectrum: Center OnlyFiltered: Middle East (1/2)· Clear⏱ 2 min read
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SITUATION
'No home left' for Gazans stranded in West Bank Under the bleachers of a West Bank stadium, a dozen men from Gaza live in a former changing room, blocked from returning home by the war that erupted more than two-and-a-half years ago. Among those stranded is Sameer Abu Salah, 54, who had been working odd jobs in Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv, where wages are far higher than in his home city of Khan Yunis in Gaza.
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KEY FACTS
- Among those stranded is Sameer Abu Salah, 54, who had been working odd jobs in Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv, where wages are far higher than in his home city of Khan Yunis in Gaza.
- “I entered (Israel) only four days before the war,” he said from the little space he had set up under the stands of Nablus city stadium.
- Counting all those stranded is difficult, but the Palestinian Authority’s labour ministry said in March it had provided cash assistance to 4,605 Gazans stuck in the West Bank.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Brief
'No home left' for Gazans stranded in West Bank Under the bleachers of a West Bank stadium, a dozen men from Gaza live in a former changing room, blocked from returning home by the war that erupted more than two-and-a-half years ago.
Among those stranded is Sameer Abu Salah, 54, who had been working odd jobs in Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv, where wages are far higher than in his home city of Khan Yunis in Gaza.
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