Israel-Gaza war: Relief and guilt after Gazans find safety in Egypt - BBC News

Tala Abu Nahla and her family have finally made it to Cairo - now the work to rebuild their lives begins.

22 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage caption, Tala, pictured with Yazeed, says the guilt she feels about escaping Gaza is "one of the hardest feelings to talk about"By Fergal KeaneBBC News, JerusalemThey cried all the way.

Tala Abu Nahla, her mum, and little sister. Tala's brother Yazeed, aged 17, could feel their emotion. He is disabled and has epileptic seizures. She calmed him in the way she knew how. Tala spoke softly and caressed his hands and pushed him across the border in his wheelchair.

"It was really hard because it felt like we were leaving part of us in Gaza," she says.

All she could do was keep looking at the sky. And listening. It was the same sky but here in Egypt all the dread was gone, and they'd left behind the possibility of sudden and brutal death.

"When we went to the other side… I couldn't hear drones anymore. And I knew I wouldn't be hearing bombing anymore or airstrikes."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68330475

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