Every phone call is a goodbye, says Vancouver resident with family in Gaza
CTV
Omar Mansour says every phone call with his family in the Gaza Strip might be the last.
Omar Mansour says every phone call with his family in the Gaza Strip might be the last.
So during those few minutes when he is able to talk to his parents, brother and sisters, the Vancouver resident makes sure he tells them he loves them.
“I ask them how they are. But it's mostly goodbyes, you know? Mostly goodbyes, and I love you,” he said.
“And I thank them for what they've done for me. Because it might be the last call, the last time I hear their voice.”
Five of his cousins were killed by Israeli snipers over the past week when they went to look for food and water, he said.
“That's only the family I got to know about. I lost touch with most of my 60 cousins after the war began.”
Israel pounded areas of the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and artillery on Saturday, a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.
