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An overdue reunion became a nightmare for this American family now trapped in Gaza.
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https://www.npr.org/2023/10/12/1205357394/american-family-trapped-gaza
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Israel has retaliated by putting the Gaza Strip under siege, cutting off access to food, water, fuel and electricity for its 2.3 million residents.
A senior U.S. official told NPR that it’s also working to get approximately 400-600 U.S. citizens out of Gaza, where roughly 100 of them have contacted the embassy for help.
Abuzayda told Morning Edition’s Leila Fadel that she called the U.S. embassy for help multiple times a day starting immediately after the attack on Saturday.
The State Department warns that it’s unable to provide “routine or emergency services” to U.S. citizens in Gaza, since U.S. government employees are prohibited from traveling there.
Abuzayda, who is staying at her parents’ house with other relatives, said her sister-in-law and her three kids had tried to cross the Rafah border, but they had to turn back after it came under an Israeli airstrike.
Abuzayda is holding out hope that officials will make a safe path for civilians to leave Gaza through the Rafah border and into Egypt.
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