Mississauga family fears for safety of mother amid bombing in Gaza
CTV
A Mississauga doctor is praying her 83-year-old mother, a Canadian citizen, can survive the bombs falling on the Gaza strip as needed medicine and supplies remain blocked from entering the territory — among several Canadian civilians also in danger.
A Mississauga doctor is growing increasingly concerned for the safety of her 83-year-old mother amid the bombing in Gaza.
Dr. Nihad Abu Setteh’s mother, Naziha Albattah, visited Gaza three years ago and had trouble leaving because she was denied a permit to travel through Israel and the journey to Egypt through the desert would have been hazardous at her age.
But now the danger is mounting for the frail 83-year-old, who needs medication and can’t get it.
In an interview with CTV News Toronto on Tuesday, Setteh expressed concern for her mother’s safety due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
She said that her mother, a Canadian citizen, has already fled from a property in northern Gaza that had been damaged in an attack and has joined other family members at a property in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis.
“The attack is continuous, day and night,” Setteh said. “They are not safe. I don’t know if at any minute they are alive or have been killed.”
Setteh, who has been a family doctor in Mississauga for almost 20 years, shared pictures that showed the home her family was staying in covered in debris.
