A 10-year-old boy fears he may never see his family again after Israeli forces arrested his father.
Nassem Mohra said his father was taking him to a hospital in southern Gaza for urgent dialysis treatment when he was arrested by Israeli troops.
“I am afraid to die before seeing my family and relatives, and my siblings,” Nassem said.
“I want the war to end so we can go back to our homes and I will be back to my normal life,” he said, adding he had not seen his mother in weeks.
Nassem’s neighbour Adel Haniyeh said he had been travelling south through Gaza with his own children when he recognized Nassem and agreed to take care of him.
The boy’s father had been arrested at an Israeli army checkpoint, he said.
“The boy is in a bad condition. He needs special food; his situation is very bad. We sleep at a mosque, and we come here (daily) on donkey carts,” Mr Haniyeh said.
Doctors at the hospital in Rafah, near the Egyptian border, said fuel shortages and insufficient medical supplies were making working conditions there very difficult.
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