Family, homes, burials: In Gaza, a race to utilize lull in fighting
Like thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, Ghada Abu Irmana and her family were on the move this weekend.
Yet unlike during the past few weeks of the conflict, which saw 1.2 million Gaza residents evacuate homes and brave missiles for makeshift shelters in the southern Gaza Strip, they were not fleeing airstrikes.
Aided by clear skies and a temporary halt to the fighting, they were racing toward family.
Ms. Abu Irmana, her husband, and her three children packed into a pickup truck for hire along with 25 other passengers. All were heading as far north as possible to reconnect with parents, siblings, grandparents, and children, and see if homes are still standing.
“We haven’t seen them in 40 days,” Ms. Abu Irmana
