After a deadly anti-Muslim attack near Chicago, the community is fearful for their own safety and also terrified about what's happening in Gaza.
"I haven't really cooked a proper meal in, like, a week," said Elaydi.
Elaydi says she can't get ahold of her relatives in Gaza City. And she's terrified about what that could mean. A few miles south of Gaza City, she says the home of her cousin's neighbor was bombed over the weekend.In addition to spending every waking hour worrying about Gaza, Elyadi is also scared for her family in the Chicago suburbs after the tragic death of a local 6-year-oldPalestinian American boy who was stabbed to death on Saturday in what police are calling a hate crime directly in response to the war in Gaza.
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