Sydney father Mohammed Almassri hopes to overcome visa complications so his loved ones can flee the besieged city of Rafah
Scenes of destruction in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. There are a number of Australians who remain in Gaza, including children, five months after the bombardment began.Scenes of destruction in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. There are a number of Australians who remain in Gaza, including children, five months after the bombardment began.
“The government told me they would arrange to get them out but there are a lot of people in front of them,” says Almassri, who moved to Australia in 2013 and supports his family in Gaza, visiting them every year. Almassri’s elder children are just two of an number of Australians who remain in Gaza some five months after Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October and Israel’s retaliatory bombardment of Gaza.
“The Australian government remains deeply concerned by the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and recognises this is an extremely distressing time for those with family and friends in Gaza,” they said. Nasser Mashni, president of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, said it was “unconscionable that the Australian government hasn’t pulled out every stop to expedite consular support to the Australian children trapped in Rafah to ensure they are able to be safely reunited with their family here”.
“It’s who are they travelling with and how are they going to get out - and if they have to travel with a mother who is not an Australian citizen, it starts to become very complex.
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