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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mohammed R Mhawesh

‘We only wanted to leave’: One Palestinian family’s attempt to flee Gaza

Children wait with their families' luggage at the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza, as Palestinians flee violence [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

Sabreen Abd Rabu, her husband and their three children had only recently arrived at the Rafah crossing on the southern border of the Gaza Strip when the missile hit.

The blast struck just a hundred metres away from where the family stood, carrying little more than their luggage and the clothes on their backs.

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