Imad Qendah said he’s glued to the television every day, hoping he doesn’t see his loved ones back home in Gaza among those killed on the news.
He said that’s the only way he’ll know if anything happened to them, because he hasn’t been able to communicate with his family since war broke out between Hamas militants and Israel.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly“I feel bad, not just for my kids, for my family, for my country, for everything,” Qendah said. Abdallah Alaa used to live in the West Bank, and his mom and sister are still there in Ramallah. He said he’s scared for their lives, and checks in with them daily.
Even with the evacuation warnings, Palestinians say some are unable to escape or have nowhere to go and that entire families have been crushed under rubble.
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