爆弾 during interview just a glimpse of everyday life, says Briton in Gaza
A British 国家の in Gaza has said a 爆弾 that 爆発するd nearby during an interview is “just a glimpse” of what she and her family are going through every day in the war-torn 領土.
Zaynab Wandawi, a British 国家の born in Salford, Greater Manchester, and a teacher of English as a second language, travelled to Gaza at the beginning of October with her husband ? who is British Palestinian ? and his family, 含むing seven siblings and his mother, for a family member’s wedding.
Ms Wandawi, 29, said that for “a couple of days” their trip was “比較して normal, for what Gaza considers normal” before war broke out, but they are now 罠にかける in a warzone.
Zaynab Wandawi, a British 国家の born in Salford, Manchester (Lalah Ali-Faten)
During an interview with the PA news 機関 about her 状況／情勢, a 爆弾 could be heard approaching and then 爆発するing next to the building Ms Wandawi was in.
“That was just a 爆弾 next to our house,” she said.
“The sound of that 爆弾 is j ust a glimpse, not even, of what we’re going through here every 選び出す／独身 day.
“Hundreds of those every day, and every time we hear a 爆弾 we think: ‘Oh, who was 影響する／感情d by that 爆弾?’
“I’m 承認する, I was just checking on my family, we’re 承認する.”
Ms Wandawi said thousands of Palestinians have died while she has been there, while their 接近 to water and 燃料 has also been 削減（する）.
“It’s just been terrible 存在 here, it’s been horrible seeing so many lives destroyed, so many families 粉々にするd, so many children die,” she said.
“Thousands of Palestinians have died while I’ve been here, it’s been horrible.
“Not only are they attacking us with 爆弾s but of course they’ve 削減（する） off our water, electricity, 燃料, we have nothing, and it’s just 影響する／感情ing the 非軍事のs, these 削減（する）s.
“It’s a 高級な, honestly, if you’re able to wash your 団体／死体, you’re doing really good. It is difficult just to wash your 手渡すs in these 状況／情勢s.”
During an inte rview about her 状況／情勢, a 爆弾 could be heard approaching and then 爆発するing (Lalah Ali-Faten)
Ms Wandawi’s mother, Lalah Ali-Faten, 52, from Prestwich, north Manchester, said her daughter has been in touch with the Foreign 連邦／共和国 and 開発 Office, but is receiving “more or いっそう少なく generic 返答s”.
“Their internet signal is very weak. So I wait for a message from her in the morning to see if she’s made it through the night, and as soon as I get a message there’s a 一時的な 救済, but then as soon as her internet goes, I don’t know what’s happening,” she told PA.
“It’s been harrowing to be honest, from one minute to the next I don’t know if she’s alive, so that has 影響する／感情d us as a family really.
“Her birthday was on the 24th so she spent her birthday there, she turned 29 a few days ago. I see her on the calls and she’s visibly shaking, she’s not herself, she’s definitely traumatised, as are all the people there.”
Ms Wandawi said that they had planned to leave on October 17, and 追加するd that her husband’s brother is in high school, while his sister had just started at the University of Manchester, and had 調書をとる／予約するd to return on October 12 ーするために not 行方不明になる school or university.
The Palestinian death （死傷者）数 has 急に上がるd past 7,000 as イスラエル has carried out waves of 破滅的な 空気／公表する strikes in 返答 to a 血まみれの Hamas 急襲 into southern イスラエル on October 7.
The UK 一方／合間 棄権するd on a UN 安全 会議 決意／決議 which would have called for “人道的な pauses” to 配達する lifesaving 援助（する） to mil lions in Gaza.
によれば the UN’s news website, “UK 外交官／大使 Barbara Woodward said that her country 棄権するd from the 決意／決議 as the text needed to be clearer on イスラエル’s inherent 権利 to self-defence, and because it ignored the fact that 極端論者 group Hamas, which 支配（する）／統制するs Gaza, is using Palestinian 非軍事のs as human 保護物，者s”.
Ms Wandawi said: “We know the UN called for a 投票（する） for a 停戦 and the 大多数 of the countries were in favour of this 停戦, but the country that I’m from, the UK, 棄権するd ? 棄権するd from a 停戦!
“All we want is for the 爆破 to stop. So a message for our PM would be: you’ve 棄権するd from a 停戦, please don’t 棄権する from 許すing your 国民s to return home, please 現実に take 活動／戦闘. Please stop the 爆破, stop the 殺人，大当り.”
PA has 接触するd the FCDO for comment.
