An Irish-Palestinian family waiting to escape Gaza remain uncertain but hopeful about when they will get to leave.
The Department of Foreign Affairs told the family in a text message this morning it had not received any confirmation about when Irish citizens will be able to get out of the wartorn territory.
Aymen Shaheen, his wife Suha, his 19-year-old daughter Rawan and 13-year-old son Ibrahim moved from Gaza City in the north to Rafah in the south at the start of October.At present the family is waiting in accommodation located metres from the Egyptian border, but four kilometres from the border crossing.
Speaking to RTÉ Morning Ireland, Aymen Shaheen said the Department of Foreign Affairs contacts him daily but there has not, as of yet, been confirmation about when he and his family can leave. "It will be country by country within the coming days. I am waiting for when they will tell me when we can leave, when the Irish nationals will be able to move," Mr Shaheen, who is a politics lecturer, said.
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