In a tragic scene reminiscent of the 1948 Nakba, more Palestinians are being forced out of Gaza City due to the Israeli ground offensive, in what could become a one-way exodus. | Palestine International Broadcast

“It’s an exodus under our watch, a river of people being forced to flee their home.” The UNRWA Commissioner General, Philippe Lazzarini, said in a press conference on Thursday that the world is witnessing “the largest displacement of Palestinians since 1948”, describing the scale of destruction and loss in Gaza as “staggering.” Lazzarini alluded to the Palestinian Nakba or catastrophe, referring to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist forces to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948