Palestinian Americans with Gaza connections struggle with feelings of helplessness over violence after Hamas' attack and Israel's retaliation.
From his home in New Jersey, Abdulla Okal finds the gruesome scenes hard to comprehend. In Israel, more than 1,300 people are dead after a brutal surprise attack by Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip who crossed the border and took scores hostage. In Gaza, neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble by retaliatory Israeli strikes, with more than 1,500 Palestinians killed.
' Saba, a Palestinian Christian, still has extended family in Gaza. “They sent a picture of what Gaza looked like before and what it looks like right now,” he said. “It is all rubble.' He said he expected his community 'will be fighting until they get their land and their rights.' But he had little hope things would go anywhere good. “This is not the first time Gaza has been bombed,” Saba said. “It will not be the last time either.
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