Permanent resident living in Vancouver trying to stay in touch with family throughout conflict
Bombs had scarcely started falling on the Gaza Strip last month when Omar Mansour’s family realized they had a crucial question to resolve: would it be better to face death together or apart?
They’ve tried both options in the following weeks, but the core question persists as the war intensifies in the besieged enclave where local authorities say at least 9,700 people have died amid a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Mansour said they sought shelter in the home of one of his sisters, located between the borders of north Gaza and Gaza City. But bombs flattened the neighbourhood the night they arrived, forcing the group to flee on foot. Mansour said they barely escaped.
He noted the trip was a particular ordeal for his parents, who are in their 70s and don’t have enough strength to walk after going without adequate food and water for the past month.Mansour said water is still the most precious resource, adding at one point the family went without much to drink for nearly 10 days.
Mansour said recent attempts to connect with loved ones yield only an Arabic message that the parties can’t be reached. And as of late Sunday, Gaza fell under its third total communications blackout since the start of the war. Palestinian communications company Paltel announced that all of its “communication and internet services” were down.Israel’s military announced late Sunday that it had encircled Gaza City and divided the Gaza Strip in two.
Israeli officials have argued Hamas operates using an elaborate, 500-kilometre network of underground tunnels.
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