Hala Gorani is an NBC News contributor.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Nael’s hand shook and his eyes teared up as he tried to call his wife in Gaza, one of several attempts that day. But with communications to the besieged Gaza Strip cut off since Friday by Israeli airstrikes, the response was the same old message asking him to try again later. The 37-year-old construction worker, who asked that his last name be withheld for security reasons, is one of hundreds of Gazan laborers who were working in Israel when Hamas attacked Oct.
Most were sitting or lying on mattresses surrounded by their few belongings, staring at their phones, desperate for information about relatives in Gaza amid reports of bombed-out buildings and broken bodies pulled from rubble. Israel says it is targeting Hamas infrastructure, but civilian casualties have been heavy in the densely populated enclave. According to the Health Ministry in Gaza, more than 3,500 children have been killed there.
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