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A displaced family with their belongings, wave a Lebanese flag as they return to their village, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 5, 2026, 1:56 pm
More than 800,000 displaced Lebanese have begun returning home, UN says
OCHA says ‘821,077 people had begun the return to their areas of origin as of 30 July,’ adds 360,000 Lebanese remain displaced, around 26,000 of them in government shelters
By AFP and ToI Staff
A family who fled Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon warm themselves by a bonfire next to tents used as shelters in Beirut, Lebanon, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
April 3, 2026, 12:57 am
Rights group head warns of ‘alarming’ risk of long-term mass displacement in Lebanon
Claiming crisis ‘far more severe’ than in previous Israel-Hezbollah wars, International Organization for Migration’s Amy Pope says world doesn’t ‘understand the scale’ of problem
By Lisa Golden
Illustrative: Israeli evacuees from the Gaza border area get temporary shelter at a hotel in Eilat, October 17, 2023. (Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
February 24, 2026, 5:20 pm
‘Total disorder’: Comptroller accuses government, IDF of ‘systemic failure’ in post-Oct. 7 evacuations
Report finds gaps in preparedness, lack of up-to-date plan, shirking of ministry responsibility for 210,000 evacuees; Defense Ministry says response was coordinated despite challenges
By Stav Levaton
People walk past trucks loaded with aid waiting to cross into Gaza from the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing on January 19, 2025. (Khaled Desouki/AFP)
January 23, 2026, 11:35 pm
Rafah crossing reopening was ‘imposed’ on Israel by Gaza mediators — officials
Arab diplomat says mediators understood Israel wouldn’t agree to reopen border on its own, decided to make announcement anyway, letting Jerusalem know ahead of time, but not consulting
By Jacob Magid
Egyptian Red Crescent members monitor a truck carrying humanitarian aid as it enters the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, October 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)
January 23, 2026, 4:59 pm
Israel said seeking to ensure more Palestinians are let out of Gaza than back in
With Rafah crossing set to open despite Israeli opposition, Israeli officials said to be insisting on setting up military checkpoint inside the Strip that will screen every Palestinian going in or out
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Muhannad Abu Muharib, 27, reinforces his tent after it was damaged by the storm at a temporary camp on the beach in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, November 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
November 15, 2025, 8:12 pm
First storm of the season pummels Gaza, flooding tent camps and makeshift shelters
‘I spent all day pushing water out of my tent,’ says displaced Palestinian in Gaza, adding that ‘water puddles are inches high, and there is no proper drainage’
By WAFAA SHURAFA
Palestinian children sit on a grave near makeshift tents for displaced people that were set up in a cemetery in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
November 3, 2025, 12:45 pm
In Gazan cemeteries, some evacuees live among the dead
While some have returned home following the ceasefire, others no longer have homes to return to or lived in neighborhoods now controlled by the IDF
By AP and ToI Staff
Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for Gaza City on September 16, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
September 16, 2025, 7:57 pm
With tents and transport south in short supply, Gazans flee bombs into the unknown
Evacuating Gaza City means paying exorbitant sums for shelter or a ride, forcing those without means to stay put, while shortages lead some who left to now return to a city under attack
By Nurit Yohanan
Hadas Tal, an evacuee from Holon whose home was damaged by an Iranian missile helps a fellow evacuee at the Leonardo Jerusalem Hotel on June 24, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
June 27, 2025, 3:34 am
‘We had 10 minutes to pack our life’: Jerusalem hotel absorbs displaced Israelis – again
After Iran’s missile strike shattered their homes, hundreds of Holon residents find temporary shelter in the capital while juggling fear, resilience and hope
By Rossella Tercatin
Preparing hot food for displaced Gazans living in tents at the Mesk Layan camp in Muwasi, southern Gaza, May 22, 2025. (Jumpstarting Hope in Gaza)
June 21, 2025, 11:03 am
Palestinians and Israelis partner to feed thousands of Gazans as food aid fluctuates
Arava Institute and Damour buy food from Gazan suppliers, with prices set to rise; organizations set sights on providing water and sewage system components too
By Sue Surkes
The seven Weber siblings upon their arrival at New York Harbor in May 1946. Bottom row from left: Renee, Judith, and Bela. Top row from left: Gertrude, Alfons, Senta, and Ruth. (Courtesy of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
April 24, 2025, 2:22 am
Netflix tells tale of 7 siblings who miraculously survived the Holocaust to restart life in US
Now streaming, ‘UnBroken’ illuminates story of the Webers, who lived in hiding on a German farm for two years — only to be cruelly separated upon arrival in America
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Evacuees from Kibbutz Be'eri at a hotel in the Dead Sea, October 20, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 25, 2025, 10:53 pm
One-fifth of Israelis displaced by war have lost their jobs, survey shows
44% of evacuees from the north and south say their incomes are lower than pre-war levels, compared to national average of 35%, Israel Democracy Institute survey shows
By Reuters and Sharon Wrobel
Security forces speak to residents inside a cordoned-off area near a house hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Ein Hamifratz near Acre in northern Israel on October 19, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 5, 2025, 9:43 pm
Israel lays out NIS 3.4 billion plan to get northerners back home in March
Internally displaced for more than a year, returning residents will be eligible for assistance grants of up to NIS 25,360 per adult and NIS 12,680 per child
By Sharon Wrobel
Alaa Hamami prepares a meal while her 10-year-old daughter, Basant, sits inside their tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
December 30, 2024, 11:23 am
Packed into squalid tent camps, Gazan women struggle to live without privacy
With limited access to menstrual products, the proximity of men, and constant fear of needing to flee, displaced women feel they ‘have become exposed to the public’
By WAFAA SHURAFA and Julia Frankel
Sharona Dahan cooks at Asif in Tel Aviv, in a rare respite from takeout nearly a year after being evacuated from her home in Sderot, October 2024. (Deborah Danan)
December 8, 2024, 9:46 am
For displaced Israelis, the kitchen becomes a symbol of hope, home, remembrance
At the Asif Culinary Institute through April, ‘The Open Kitchen: Memories From a Home Left Behind’ tells the stories of evacuees and the significance of the foods they hold dear
By Deborah Danan
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