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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Max McLean

Mother ‘beyond relieved’ as British daughter finally able to flee Gaza

PA Media

The mother of a British woman has said she is “beyond relieved” after her daughter was finally able to flee war-torn Gaza, but added “I have an acute awareness that she’s very privileged that she’s able to leave” and “I have a bit of guilt along with that joy”.

Zaynab Wandawi, 29, a British national from Salford in Greater Manchester, travelled to Gaza at the beginning of October with her husband, who is British Palestinian, and his relatives for a family member’s wedding before the Israel-Hamas war erupted.

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