War stranded Gaza workers in Israel. How it dashed their dreams.
They pace the spartan hotel lobby, moving back and forth between the faux leather couches.
They all seem to be in a hurry, but with nowhere to go – holding phones, anxiously awaiting yet dreading the next call.
These unplanned guests – Palestinian residents of Gaza who were working or getting medical care in Israel when the war erupted – showed up at this three-star Ramallah hotel in the middle of an October night with little more than a change of clothes.
They do not know if their checkout date will be next week, next month, or next year.
Now stranded in the West Bank, these Gaza residents are receiving few answers but are finding rare solace in one another. Most decline to give their full name, to avoid
