In response, Fatah said Hamas' "October 7 adventure … caused the return of the Israeli occupation of Gaza", and led to a "catastrophe even more horrible and cruel than that of 1948", referring to a war during which Israel was established, resulting in the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.
PF: More correctly:
"… 1948, referring to the failed joint Arab attacks on the newly-founded UN-approved state of Israel, which led to thousands of local Arabs fleeing their homes under instructions from the invading armies."
There. FIFY.
Prior to the Arab attacks on Israel, not a single Arab village in the lands of the future Israel was attacked by Jews or forced to evacuate. That only happened as an immediate result of the Arab armies' attacks.
