‘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.

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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]