Elderly Palestinian man forced to live in scrapped minibus after Israel rips up major refugee camps

Elderly Palestinian displaced by Israeli military now lives in an old mini-bus.Credit: AP/ The Independent

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00:00This elderly Palestinian man has been forced to set up his new home in an old minibus

00:05after Israeli military operations tore through two major refugee camps in the West Bank.

00:1171-year-old Abdul Salam Auda's makeshift home is equipped with a water tank and electricity,

00:18which Auda says he draws from a neighbor.

00:20It's only enough to power a light and a fan.

00:23He and his wife are living in the converted bus,

00:26while their six children remain scattered across the West Bank since being displaced by Israeli forces back in February.

00:35According to the United Nations, Israel's recent military operations in the West Bank

00:40have caused the biggest displacement of Palestinian people since the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War in 1967.

00:56.