They escaped Gaza: Now they are trapped elsewhere

While global headlines fixate on the expanding confrontation between Israel and Iran, another story is quietly disappearing from view. It is not only the devastation inside Gaza that is being overlooked. It is also the fate of those who managed to leave. They escaped the bombs. But they did not escape displacement. Across Egypt, Jordan, the Gulf, and beyond, thousands of Gazans now live in a condition that is neither refuge nor return. They are not counted among the dead, nor fully recognized among the living. Their presence is temporary, their legality uncertain, their futures suspended. They exist in a space that humanitarian policy rarely acknowledges: survival without settlement. Much has been said about Gaza’s destruction. Images of collapsed buildings, […]