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Haunted by grief, Gaza's displaced still wait overseas for return

Global Published 4 October 2026, 12:42 · archived 4 Oct 2026

CAIRO: Omar al-Hassayna fled Gaza for Cairo after an Israeli airstrike wiped out much of his large family. Three years on, he ​remains there waiting for enough stability, security and reconstruction in his still devastated homeland to return. Israeli strikes kill six people in Gaza, medics say Hassayna is one of more ‌than 100,000 Gazans who left the enclave during the war that was triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and who remain stranded overseas, according to Palestinian Authority figures. They still mourn dead relatives and their destroyed homes and neighbourhoods....

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