JORDAN. Jerash. 6 december, 2023.

Palestinian men living in the Souf refugee camp play cards inside an old coffee shop in the camp.
Souf camp was one of the six ‘emergency’ camps set up for Palestine refugees and displaced people who left the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. The camp covers an area of 0.5 square kilometres and is near the famous Roman ruins of Jerash, 50 kilometres north of Amman. The camp was abandoned in October 1967 due to the harsh weather conditions and heavy rainfall, and its inhabitants were accommodated in a tented camp in the Jordan Valley. This temporary camp was abandoned in 1968 after an escalation in military operations in the area, and the refugees and displaced persons returned to Souf.