During the Arab - Israeli War 800,000 Palestinians were forced to flee due to the conflict. The Israelis were going into Palestinian cities and forcing them to leave, while other Palestinians left before the Israelis came. Nearby countries and territories like Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank set up refugee camps for the fleed Palestinians. The document below shows the percent of refugees in the countries or territories.
Palestinians refer to this or these events of 1948 as the Nakba, or catastrophe when they were forced to flee from the land that