Rochdale family-of-10 trapped at Gaza border crossing

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The Al-Attar family from Rochdale arrived two days before the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October.

A family of 10 from Greater Manchester who are stuck in Gaza are pleading with the British Government to help them escape.

Zaynab Al-Wandawi, her sister-in-law Ikram, plus her husband, his mother and his seven brothers are at the Rafah crossing near Egypt. "We have contacted the British embassy to see if they get their own citizens out but with no success.The Al-Attar family thought they were safe in Khan Yunis in the south of Gaza, where the Israelis told people in the north to flee to for safety.Image caption,The prime minister and foreign secretary are said to have been pushing for the release and safe passage of British subject trapped or being held hostage in Gaza.

 

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