Her family tried to leave, but they turned back after seeing carnage on the road ahead.
One Maryland woman described to sister station WBAL what life is like for her and her family as they remain in Gaza while fighting continues.'It's tough. They're trying to stay strong. The situation is horrifying and worrisome on so many levels, and it's been brought on very deliberately,' Laila El-Haddad said.El-Haddad is a Palestinian author, social activist and journalist living in Maryland. She has lived many years in Gaza and much of her family remains there.
'As they were moving down, 70 members of one family were killed by the Israeli army, and they decided it wasn't safe to move. They returned and sent me a somber message that said, 'We decided we would rather stay together and die together,'' El-Haddad said.She said her loved ones are sharing the first floor of a three-story apartment. They live in filth.'My uncle was just telling me the streets are full of trash. There's no trash collection.
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