The BBC has apologized for reporting that Israeli troops targeted medics and Arab speakers during a raid on Gaza’s main hospital, Al-Shifa.
27.10.2023 - 16:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The fearful mother of a woman trapped in Gaza has told how she desperately waits for morning messages from her daughter 'to see if she's made it through the night'.
Lalah Ali-Faten, 52, from Prestwich, near Bury, said 'from one minute to the next' she doesn't know if her daughter, Zaynab Wandawi, is still alive.
Ms Wandawi, a teacher from Salford, travelled to Gaza at the beginning of October with her husband, who is British Palestinian, and his family, including seven siblings and his mother, for a family member's wedding.
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Speaking from the war-torn territory, she has told of bombs exploding around her - and of the 'luxury' of being able to wash your hands.
Ms Wandawi, 29, said that for 'a couple of days' their trip was 'relatively normal, for what Gaza considers normal' before war broke out after the Hamas terrorist group attacked Israel, but they are now trapped in a warzone.
As she was interviewed by the Press Association, a bomb exploded nearby. "The sound of that bomb is just a glimpse, not even, of what we're going through here every single day," she said. "Hundreds of those every day, and every time we hear a bomb we think 'oh, who was affected by that bomb?'"
Ms Wandawi said thousands of Palestinians have died while she has been there, while their access to water and fuel has also been cut. "It's just been terrible being here, it’s been horrible seeing so many lives destroyed, so many families shattered, so many children die," she said.
"Thousands of Palestinians
The BBC has apologized for reporting that Israeli troops targeted medics and Arab speakers during a raid on Gaza’s main hospital, Al-Shifa.
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