![Displaced Palestinian families try to sustain their lives with severely limited resources inside an overcrowded makeshift tent camp set up along the Mediterranean coastline of Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine on June 22, 2026. [Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-8-2.jpg)
A Palestinian family in the northern Gaza town of Jabalia has been reunited with their son after believing for a year that he had been killed by Israeli army fire, only to discover he had been held in an Israeli prison throughout that time. Inside the family’s home, which was damaged by Israeli bombardment, relatives broke down in tears of joy as 23-year-old Hamada Al-Banna returned unexpectedly after they had lost hope of ever seeing him again. His family had believed that Hamada and his brother, Adham, were shot dead by Israeli forces while on their way to collect food aid during the peak of the famine that hit the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2025. On Monday, Israeli […]
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