65 years since displacement
As he sits in Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, 75-year-old Palestinian Khamis Redwan holds out his birth certificate, which he has kept since he and his family fled their hometown when he was 10 years old.
On May 15, Palestinians marked 65 years since what they call the "Nakba" (Catastrophe) when Israel's creation caused many to lose their homes and become refugees.
Palestinian refugee Fatem Redwan, 76, walks next to her grandchildren in the narrow alleys of Jabalya refugee camp. She says she was 11-years-old when she and her family were forced out of her native town.
A Palestinian girl looks out from behind the door of her family's house in the refugee camp.
Fatem Redwan poses for a photograph in the refugee camp as her husband and grandson look on.
Yusra Yousef, a 77-year-old Palestinian refugee, holds up a key she says belongs to a house that her family were forced to leave in 1948, as she poses for a photograph in Qalandiya Refugee Camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Taha Abu Latife is a 95-year-old Palestinian refugee who says he was forced to flee his village in 1948. He now lives in Qalandiya Refugee Camp.
Palestinian refugee Nema al-Maqadma, 76, who was 11-years-old when she and her family fled their hometown, poses for a photograph at Jabalya refugee camp.
Palestinian refugee Huseen al-Khaldi, 77, who says he was 12 when he and his family fled their hometown, poses in Jabalya refugee camp. The graffiti on the wall reads: "Welcome to the generous guests."
Palestinian refugee Khamis Redwan, 75, who says he was 10 when he and his family fled their hometown, poses for a photograph in the narrow alleys of Jabalya refugee camp.
Palestinian refugee Wedad al-Madhoon, 76, who was 11-years-old when she and her family fled their native town, poses for a picture.
Sobheya al-Tololi, 80, who was 15-years-old when she and her family fled their hometown, poses for a photograph at Jabalya refugee camp.
Palestinian refugee Khamis al-Hawajri, 90, who was 25-years-old when he and his family fled their hometown, poses for a picture.
Azeza Abu Seda, 76, who was 11-years-old when she and her family fled their native town poses for a photograph at Jabalya refugee camp. The word "Palestine" is written in red on the wall behind her.
Palestinian refugee Ezeya al-Khatib, 68, who was three-years-old when she and her family fled their hometown, poses for a photo at the camp.
Al-Khatib prays while holding her rosary.
