ZIAD IN GAZA

 “I have made the most difficult decision in my life. I am leaving with my kids without my husband.”

My friend told me this when we spoke about the scenarios for us in this unbearable situation. Her husband has a lot to take care of, his work and his extended family. But for my friend, her children’s safety comes first, even if this means leaving her husband behind. As shetold me, she started crying.

The conversation of whether people should stay or leave, if it is even going to be their decision in the first place, is being held everywhere in Gaza. Some are ready to leave immediately “until it gets better”; some are not even considering the option, believing “dying in my own place is better”; while some are torn. Will this pain come to an end?