MassLive | Trapped in Gaza: War arrives as rockets crack, windows break and soot covers everything and everyone @MassLive | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
Abood and Wafaa detail first morning of attacks while on vacation with their 1-year-old son, Yousef, which started with the crack of rockets launching at 6:30 in the morning. But this wasn't Abood's first taste of war: He survived tank attacks in Jabalia in the early 2000s at his parents house, so he knew the sounds of rockets were going outbound, at least, and not toward them.

But that wouldn't last.

About "Trapped in Gaza": A Massachusetts family's tragically-timed visit to relatives in Gaza turned into a nightmare during the outbreak of war on Oct. 7, 2023. They survived, but were trapped for nearly a month with their 1-year-old child, dwindling supplies and escalating danger. They talk about their time in the war zone, what it was like to return and what they think needs to happen to stop the ongoing bloodshed.

Read more here:
Part 1: masslive.com/news/2024/08/from-medway-to-gaza-how-a-mass-family-wound-up-in-a-war-zone-video.html
Part 2: masslive.com/news/2024/08/medway-family-reveals-new-details-on-escape-from-war-zone-in-gaza.html
Part 3: masslive.com/news/2024/08/life-in-limbo-how-surviving-war-in-gaza-still-haunts-a-mass-family.html
Part 4: masslive.com/news/2024/08/heres-what-medway-parents-gaza-war-survivors-hope-happens-in-gaza.html

Written Stories: Ryan Mancini
Videos: Sebastian Restrepo (editor), Chris McLaughlin (producer)