Eman al-Husari, 21, refused to leave her home in Gaza City’s Beach refugee camp when the Israeli army dropped evacuation leaflets in early September.
“I would tell her to at least pack our backpacks and be ready [in case of an emergency],” Amal al-Husari, Eman’s mother, told The Electronic Intifada. “Eman would reply that she won’t even leave her room.”
Having failed before in October 2023 and 2024, Israel was preparing yet again to invade and occupy Gaza City, and had ordered all the city’s residents to evacuate south.
Eman’s brothers – Fuad, Osama and Bilal – were also resolute in rejecting the Israeli military’s orders.
“Not one of my children agreed to the idea of evacuating,” Amal, 50, said.
The children’s determination mirrored that of their parents.
Muhammad al-Husari, 55, a taxi driver, and Amal, his wife, were also determined to remain in their home in the camp.
None of them wanted to again experience what Muhammad described as the “suffering of displacement.” …more
