In a powerful moment of reunion, a mother and daughter were joyfully reunited in northern Gaza after 15 months apart. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00In a powerful moment of reunion, a mother and daughter were joyfully reunited in northern Gaza after 15 months apart.
00:07Umm Alimu Hussein, a resident of Gaza City, expressed her overwhelming relief.
00:13The important thing is that they stayed alive. We will live in a tent, but as long as they are alive, I'm grateful to God.
00:18Her daughter, Sowat Attala, had been waiting for the chance to return after being separated when conflict forced her family to flee to the south.
00:27I regret the day I left the north for the south, she shared. I was waiting night after night to come back.
00:33Their reunion came as tens of thousands of Palestinians made their way back to the north, after months of living in temporary shelters.
00:41While the destruction they found is immense, the return is a sign of hope for families,
00:45torn apart by the 15-month conflict triggered by Hamas' October 23rd assault on Israel.