Ibrahim fears for each day that passes with his mother still trapped in Gaza. He says the Australian government has helped to repatriate hundreds from Israel, but that he and others with family trapped in Gaza have not seen the same support.
In the early hours of a Tuesday morning, 28-year-old Ibrahim Elmobayed received a message from his mother, who is trapped in besieged Gaza.Seventy-seven Australian citizens, permanent residents and their families are known to be in GazaA family member of one trapped Australian has expressed his frustration at the government's response to the crisis
"It seems really indiscriminate and that there is no way for us to know if my mum's going to wake up the next morning.", where water, food and fuel have reached critically low levels after Israel placed the area under total blockade following terror group Hamas's attack on October 7. A family of four, including two children, were in Gaza for the first time in 12 years when Hamas attacked. They say while they're enduring the ongoing destruction, their mental health is "beyond horrible"."If this is what's happening to my mum, I can hardly imagine the other civilians that are out there that are handling much worse situations and much worse scenarios."
"We're really disappointed to hear that they are able to assist one side but not the other," he said. "The situation is fluid and unpredictable but it if you assess it to be safe, we strongly encourage you to move quickly to the Rafah crossing area now," the DFAT email said. "She was instructed by our government agencies and our government bodies for her to go out there and risk her life and for her to assess her own risk to ensure her safe exit out of there, when there was no safe exit," he saidIn a statement, DFAT said it was providing Australians in Gaza with "the best possible information and options for their safety".
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