‘I just want to feel that my children are safe’: Euronews speaks to dual nations still in Gaza
Euronews correspondent Nebal Hajjo speaks to a family of dual nations desperate to leave the Gaza Strip.
Transcript
00:00 Liad Al-Habal and his family are among the many dual national citizens trapped in refugee
00:05 camps in southern Gaza, waiting for permission to cross the border into Egypt.
00:10 They are Palestinian-Swedish citizens.
00:13 Liad came to Gaza to do research for his doctoral studies.
00:16 He was only meant to stay a few months.
00:18 He, his wife and children told your news correspondent Nabil Hajjo.
00:23 "I want to travel, but I'm waiting for the road to open up and for my children to live
00:30 in safety in the place they were in.
00:32 They were crying every day, 'Mama, take us to Sweden.'
00:35 They are children, they don't understand the situation.
00:38 They think it's easy to travel.
00:40 My children cry every day.
00:42 They look at the pictures and cry.
00:44 'Why did you bring us to Gaza?
00:46 Why did you bring us to this place?
00:48 Everything is broken.'
00:49 "We are searching for safety so we can sleep and take a shower.
00:52 It's hard.
00:53 When I go to the supermarket, I find it empty.
00:56 The water is contaminated with germs and diseases.
00:59 When I go to the bathroom, I find water.
01:02 The water is contaminated."
01:05 While the family is desperate to escape the suffering of the refugee camp, leaving Gaza
01:12 will bring its own anguish.
01:14 "It's very hard for me to leave Gaza Strip and to leave my family.
01:21 My family members, like my brother and sister.
01:25 What I mean is that as a Swedish, I have the ability to leave Gaza Strip.
01:30 But at the same time, it's a kind of suffering for me to leave the place, to leave Gaza Strip,
01:36 but I have my family here who don't have the ability to leave the place.
01:40 So, it's really hard.
01:43 It's really hard."
01:45 [WHOOSH]