Poverty first deprived Hanan of her husband, and then the war on Gaza made their separation indefinite.
Hadel had dreamed for years of visiting her family in Gaza, but her dream became a nightmare.
‘For minutes, we just stared into each other’s eyes, unable to believe that after 15 months of separation, we were finally together again.’
Helplessness, unworthiness, powerlessness: Feelings that come when outside Gaza but with siblings trapped inside.
A family in Gaza sought to bring their sick grandmother home from war-torn Ukraine.
Gazans outside Gaza, as much as family members trapped inside, feel the terror of the bombardments on their homeland.
It is the sad fate of many Palestinians to be separated from their loved ones.
It’s almost harder to be far away during a war than to survive it.
