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Isabeau Doucet

Some Palestinian Americans made it out of Gaza, but their journeys to safety aren’t over

Aden Gaza United States Jamila Israel Rafah
A family, including a small child in the middle, smiles and stand close together in a selfie on a deck overlooking a shore.
From left, Joud, Jamila, Jihan, Abedalazeez and Yousof Abushaban at a restaurant in Gaza, 22 April 2023. Joud, 14, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 14 October, which injured everyone else pictured here. Photograph: Courtesy

For some Palestinian Americans and their families who have been evacuated from Gaza, getting to the US has been a fraught journey that hasn’t yet ended.

On 14 October, the Abushaban family fled Gaza City to the south to try to evacuate via the Rafah border crossing, the only exit point out of Gaza into Egypt. After failing over several days to exit the besieged territory, 18-year-old Yousof Abushaban, a US citizen born in Michigan, and his family made the difficult decision to return to their home in Gaza City. That’s when an Israeli airstrike hit their house, killing Abushaban’s 14-year-old sister Joud, and injuring the whole family.

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