Palestinians return home in Gaza, but without their loved ones. Israel-Felistine Conflict News

Gaza City, Palestine – Aya Hasauna is thin with a light face. His eyes are red, and his voice is full of sadness.

He had a husband, Abdullah and two children, four -year -old Hamza and two -year -old Raghad. But when she returned to Northern Gaza with hundreds of other Palestinians after a month’s displacement to the south of Enclave, she was traveling alone.

Abdullah, Hamza and Raghad were killed in an Israeli attack on 9 August, as they were ready to visit a day of the beach, which was an attempt to avoid the daily horrors of the war.

Aya described a strong explosion, smoke, and then his children fell dead on the ground with bleeding from their heads.

Abdullah, who had previously gone to buy materials for a cake and some snacks for the beach were also dead.

“Since that time, I am trying to be strong. I am trying to bear the separation, ”Aya said. “But everything around me reminds me of them.”

As part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, his journey in the AS-Safavi neighborhood of Gaza City was back as part of the last week, many of them were painful remitters. Abdullah was desperate to return home. He would already separate the cloth he wore for the journey. She took her husband’s outfit on her hiking distance, as well as with her children. And she went alone.

“Sadness was eating in my heart,” Aya said. “Sometimes I cried. I saw the families running together, a mother, a father and their children. For me, I was alone without any of them. ,

Aya reached his family home and joined his mother again, but he is not sure how long the journey took. His mind was affected by the heart pain of harm that still bother him.

Soon after, he decided to leave and decided to see whatever was left from his house, which was destroyed during the war. As he searched for any of his old belongings to keep as memories through rubble, he imagined himself to search for his lost loved ones, and finally found them again.

“What can I do? This is my fate.”

Dutiful son

Many of those who returned to the north of Gaza had to go through the same pain as Aya, returning home, but without their loved ones.

The War of Israel on Gaza killed over 61,700 Palestinians, including more than 17,400 children.

Jawahar Shabir’s son, Walid, was one of those who were killed. They fled the city of Gaza at the beginning of the war, which moved towards the coffee to the south of the strip.

Walid was the eldest son of Jawahar. He was 26 and “dutiful and affectionate”. This was the love for his mother and his family, due to which Walid left the family’s tent in Rafah at the end of Ramadan in April last year, living through family to find a work to reduce the circumstances like famine Tried to.

Jawahar said, “He got work with a friend with Khan Younis.” “He promised that he would return with Okra to cook.”

But Walid did not return. Jawahar was told that he was shot by the Israeli army at Khan Younis.

This month overshadowed Jawahar’s heart. She says she lost the ability to speak. Instead, in his mind, he portrayed Walid, imagined his return.

Jawahar made his comeback to the north with the rest of his family. But before leaving, she would make one last stop to visit Walid’s grave.

“I cried on Walid,” Jawahar said. “How would I go back without him? How will I meet my daughters and granddaughters without Walid in Gaza City, without that kind, without my partner. ,