Stories of Belarusians and their families evacuated from Gaza Strip

21 ноября 2023

41 people. Belarusians and their families evacuated from the Gaza Strip. Most of the passengers are children. Many of them have never been to Belarus.

After crossing the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, Cairo gave 72 hours for evacuation to Belarus. We managed faster. How was it and what hell did all these people escape from? See the ATN special report "Operation "Evacuation".

Abdel Sheikh-Ali, husband of a Belarusian citizen:

I saw people dying. Almost 13 thousand people. There are 5,000 premature babies. 5 thousand. For example, I sleep and I don't know whether I will wake up in the morning or not. If I wake up, I don't know who died from my friends, from my relatives.

"I left my brothers, my father and my mother. I can't imagine how they will be there. I cry for them... Maybe I won't see them. Maybe they will die today or tomorrow," Abdel says with pain in his voice.

Elena Shaad, a citizen of Belarus

"I left my husband there. I don't know how it is now. I am so tired. I don't have any strength anymore. The war for the last two weeks, as you know, there is no light (crying), no food, everyone is exhausted. Everyone is exhausted, being on the edge.

Nidal and Talina Mahdi:

“Our relatives are still there. I have a brother there, three brothers. We're all in this situation in Gaza that no one in the world want, and where there is still no peace”