Palestinian refugee from 1948: We were told we’d be back In 2-3 weeks

Nour Shams refugee camp resident Mustafa Awad: "Zionist gangs began to come – Haganah, and Stern, and Irgun (Jewish defense forces in the pre-state period - ed.). People started to say: "They are killing the young and taking the girls as captives," and we were forced to leave. According to their claims, how long would it last? "Two or three weeks, and then you will return."

[Official PA TV, Facebook page, May 14, 2026]

An interview with Nour Shams refugee camp resident Mustafa Awad, who previously lived in Sabbarin, an Arab village that fell in fighting during the 1948 Israeli War of Independence and whose residents fled.