When the only way out of the war in Gaza is to buy your way out
The only way for almost all Gazans to escape the horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas is to flee through neighboring Egypt.And this is usually a complicated and expensive task, involving paying thousands of dollars to an Egyptian company that can put Palestinians on an approved travel list to cross the border.Faced with high societal tariffs, as well as widespread hunger in Gaza, where there is no end in sight to Israel's military campaign, many Palestinians have resorted to trying to raise money with desperate appeals on digital platforms like GoFundMe.Dr. Salim Ghayyda, a pediatrician from northern Scotland, issued one such appeal in January after his sister texted him from Gaza to say their father had been having seizures.Their father arrived at hospital and survived, but Dr ...