Wafaa Abuzayda speaks to MassLive about her experience last year in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War. Sebastian Restrepo/MassLive.com
Editor’s Note
A Medway couple and their then-1-year-old son found themselves trapped in Gaza last fall as the Israel-Hamas War began. This article is Part 2 of a series of four stories about how they survived in a war zone and how the experience affects them to this day.
Abood Okal awoke at 6:30 a.m. to the sound of Hamas rockets fired toward Israel.
A few minutes later, the opening salvos of the new war outside also awakened his wife, Wafaa Abuzayda.
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