From our special correspondent in Ramallah – Since Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, many Gazans in search of medical care for their children have found themselves stuck in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Some have not heard from their loved ones for days or even weeks, and are torn between the hope of securing treatment for their children and the desire to return home to their families in Gaza.
Ahmed Abu Asar, a Gazan father of six, sits and stares into empty space. He is desperate. He has spent the past two months in Ramallah with his 10-year-old daughter Ariam, but since the hostilities broke out, they are stuck.
