WAR/ Touching stories of refugees trapped in Gaza: My life is worthless without my family!

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WAR/ Touching stories of refugees trapped in Gaza: My life is worthless without

Touching stories come from survivors of the attacks in Gaza, who live with the fear of death that can come at any moment.

The men in Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank spend most of their days and nights glued to their phones, smoking and constantly refreshing their news feeds. They look exhausted, with the horrors of the past few days clearly visible on their faces, according to CNN.

The 180 men are refugees from Gaza, among about 18,000 residents who have Israeli work permits and are allowed to cross the border. When the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) closed all access to Gaza after the deadly Hamas attack last Saturday, these men were trapped.

Their women and children are still in Khan Younis, a town in southern Gaza that is now the epicenter of the refugee crisis. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have relentlessly pounded Gaza with airstrikes and artillery after Hamas fighters staged a terror attack and fired thousands of rockets into Israel that have so far killed at least 1,400 people. The terrorist group also kidnapped around 150 Israelis on Saturday, October 7.

The Israeli military says its goal is to destroy Hamas and ensure it can never carry out such an attack again. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said 2,450 have been killed in the past eight days, the highest number in the entire 2014 war, which lasted 51 days.

Ismail Abd Almagid's wife and five children, four daughters and a son, are in Gaza while he is staying in the refugee camp. In one of the videos he shows his little daughter Misk eating a piece of mango. When he shows the clip, tears start streaming down his face.

Tala, his second eldest daughter, was injured in the 2014 war when the family was staying at his parents' home. "She likes to roller skate, so I told her I'll bring her when I get back," he said through tears.

Abd Almagid, 44, told CNN that he tries to keep in touch with his wife all the time, but communication has been difficult since Israel cut off Gaza's access to electricity, food and water.

"My children tell me to pray for them. The situation is very difficult there," he said. "I would go back (to Gaza) now ... even with everything that is happening, take me to Gaza, I will go with you now ... my life is not worth without my family."

Gaza is currently experiencing population displacement amid rockets and attacks from Israel, with hundreds of thousands headed south, many towards the congested streets of Khan Younis.


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