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For fleeing Gazans, even renting a spot to pitch a tent can cost too much

As Bahjat al-Amoudi drove his family out of embattled Gaza City, he knew that finding a new home would be even harder than the escape itself. They reached the central Gaza Strip as the sun rose, and ...
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Displaced Syrians leave camps to pitch tents near destroyed homes

AL HAWASH: Aref Shamtan, 73, preferred to pitch a tent near his destroyed home in northwest Syria rather than stay in a camp for the displaced following longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. “I ...
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For fleeing Gazans, even renting a spot to pitch a tent can cost too much

Tarpaulins and free slivers of earth are extremely rare as a quarter-million Palestinians flee Israel’s attack on Gaza City and crowd into pockets farther south. As Bahjat al-Amoudi drove his family ...