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It has been six days since Dina Alalami heard from her household in Gaza Metropolis after receiving a textual content message from a relative informing them that they have been nonetheless alive.
The 33-year-old mom of two, who has lived within the Qatari capital Doha for the previous 5 years, has no concept whether or not her sister, two brothers-in-law, two cousins and three different kin are nonetheless alive or have fallen. sufferer of Israeli bombings that killed greater than 11,500 folks in Gaza.
“On Friday (November 10), they determined to go away their home and go south as a result of the Israeli tanks had come nearer and surrounded the world,” Dina instructed Al Jazeera on Thursday.
‘They made the choice as a result of they stated they would not survive the evening in the event that they stayed. We known as the Pink Cross and requested them to assist guarantee secure passage for them.”
However the Pink Cross and Pink Crescent stated they may not assist.
The household left their houses on November 10 throughout the four-hour break – a day after Israel introduced a four-hour each day window for Palestinians to flee from the north to the south.
Round midday the household left the home waving white flags. Dina’s two sisters, who’re married to 2 brothers, had left their residence on the primary day of the battle to remain at their in-laws’ villa, additionally in Gaza Metropolis.
Dina was on the cellphone along with her youngest sister Rulla because the group moved cautiously ahead, when instantly screams crammed the air. Their different sister Lina had fallen to the bottom, blood seeping by her shirt after an Israeli tank fired on them.
Rulla dragged Lina to the doorway of the Bakri Constructing on Shuhada Avenue and tried to manage first support. She noticed a gunshot wound to her sister’s chest.
Rulla Alalami had accomplished her medical research in Egypt and returned to Gaza to get married and work (Courtesy of Dina Abuelnaja/Al Jazeera)
However because the Israeli tank hearth continued, Rulla had no selection however to go away her and run inside. Rulla’s husband Bashar Khayal was shot within the hand and his sister Dalia was additionally injured.
Behind them, Feryal, Bashar and Dalia’s grandmother, lay immobile on the street, murdered.
Rulla instructed Dina precisely the place they have been and begged her to contact the Worldwide Committee of the Pink Cross (ICRC) to rescue them. The constructing was behind the al-Zaytoun pharmacy, Rulla stated, close to the Abbas intersection.
Dina known as the ICRC. They instructed her they could not go to the world.
‘Worst feeling on the earth’
The following day, Saturday, Dina obtained the information she was dreading. Lina had died, her physique nonetheless on the entrance of the constructing.
Dalia was additionally killed and succumbed to her accidents.
Lina’s two younger boys, four-year-old Mohammad and nine-month-old Majed, have been amongst these trapped within the constructing with their father Tareq Khayal, their grandmother Dalia, their aunt Suha, Rulla and Bashar. They’d no meals, water or electrical energy.
With their cellphone batteries lifeless, Suha was capable of ship Dina one final message: “We’re nonetheless alive.”
Dina flew to Cairo, Egypt this weekend, the place her father lives alone, and was accompanied by her brother who lives in Dubai.
“Simply the considered these two younger boys working out of water or meals, the thought that they may die of dehydration or hunger…” her voice trails off and her breath catches.
Mohammad and Majed Khayal, the 2 sons of Lina Alalami Khayal (courtesy of Dina Abuelnaja/Al Jazeera)
“It is the worst feeling on the earth, this helplessness,” she stated. “My sister was murdered and her physique remains to be on the road. There is no such thing as a respect for the lifeless, and that alone burns our hearts.”
Since October 7, Israeli assaults on the Gaza Strip have killed greater than 11,300 Palestinians, most of them ladies and youngsters. The healthcare system has collapsed on account of Israel’s all-out siege of the world, and on Wednesday Israeli forces raided the strip’s largest hospital, al-Shifa, following up on their earlier threats, regardless of sufferers and 1000’s of displaced folks dwelling there had discovered shelter. .
Dina final visited Gaza the summer season earlier than Rulla’s wedding ceremony to Bashar. The 2 have been engaged for seven years and married in August after Rulla accomplished her medical research in Egypt.
“My sisters are six and 7 years youthful than me, so we have been like greatest mates,” Dina stated.
‘I want I used to be with them now. I want we might both die or stay collectively.’
Lina Alalami Khayal was shot within the chest by Israeli tank hearth on November 10, 2023 (courtesy of Dina Abuelnaja/Al Jazeera)
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