Fedaa Nassar immigrated to Canada from the besieged Palestinian territory in 2018. Like other Palestinian-Canadians, she has been in a constant state of worry since Oct. 7, 2023, when a cross-border attack by the militant group Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and more than 250 were taken hostage. In response, Israel declared war on Hamas in Gaza.
The Canadian PressRana Nassrawi is shown in her home in Mississauga, Ont., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Nassrawi, a Palestinian Canadian who was a part of the first group of Canadians to evacuate Gaza with her two sons after the war began, says she hasn't stopped thinking of her elderly parents and siblings she had to leave behind. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
The war has recently been followed by escalating violence in other parts of the Middle East, including between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. Reem Sultan, a pharmacist and Palestinian-Canadian living in London, Ont., says the stress of not knowing whether her family will survive is crippling.
She says she has also lost many loved ones in the last year, including a cousin who was going to get a blanket for his daughter for the winter when he was killed in a bombing.She learned about the death of another cousin on the news. The uncles were able to cross into Egypt, and they continue to wait. Oweida says one received a code for a temporary resident visa from Canada two months ago, while the other has gone to Oman.“It's not that these applicants are rejected. It's just that they're in limbo,” he says.
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