Rushdi Abualouf: My daughters beg for Gaza City return - but our old lives are over - BBC News

The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf describes his family narrowly avoiding a drone attack - and being displaced four times in 15 days.

4 days agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage caption, The BBC's Rushdi Abualouf with his family during a recent holidayBy Rushdi Abualouf in Khan Younis, GazaBBC NewsTwo days ago, my wife and children nearly died.

They were on the ground floor of a four-storey building in Khan Younis, Gaza, near a hospital where I'm sleeping in a tent.

They were about to leave for the day to meet me when an Israeli drone attack punched through the top floor.

My nine-year-old twin daughters ran out into the street screaming, separated from their mother, who was struck in the head by a piece of rubble.

My wife's injuries were, thankfully, minor. But my daughters were traumatised. That night, they stayed up crying, and I had to call up a doctor to ask them what we could do to help them sleep.

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