Gazans returning to war-ravaged Jabalia 'shocked' by destruction

Mohammed Al-Najjar, a 33-year-old Gazan, said Saturday he was “shocked” and felt “lost” as he returned home to find much of the Jabalia refugee camp in ruins after a Israeli offensive.

“All the houses have been reduced to ruins,” Najjar told AFP in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

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