RAMALLAH, West Bank — Weeks have passed since Israel sent scores of Palestinian laborers back into Gaza, however in the involved West Bank, many remain — some despondency stricken as they retain annihilating news from back home.
Sitting external a public venue in Ramallah, where many improvised beds have been set up for Gazan laborers, Hassan Al-Dreemli, a 32-year-old development specialist and father of two, told NBC News he figured out today that his sister by marriage and youthful nephew were killed in an air strike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
“They butchered us. They killed us,” he said, holding his head in one hand and his telephone in the other as he pays attention to voice notes from friends and family refreshing him on his sibling’s condition. His family members have let him know his sibling endure the air strike, however was harmed.
Skirting every chance to hear from his kin himself, he said he’s concerned they may be deceiving him to safeguard him from a harder truth.
Al-Dreemli said he stresses continually for his family, including his better half and two small kids. He said his child is only two months old and he presently can’t seem to meet him face to face. However, until it is more secure to get back, he said, nothing remains at this point but to pause and expect to get that opportunity.
