A piece of paper is the only thing preventing my family in Gaza from being evacuated’

Irish-Palestinian family plead for help as they cannot desert grandad after his passport was damaged by bomb

Khalid El-Astal (32) with his children Sara (2) and Ali (5). Their grandad, Dr Ali El-Astal, is trapped in Gaza. Photo: Mark Condren

Letter to Tanaiste

Hope hangs by a thread for an Irish-Palestinian family split between Ireland and Gaza, who say they feel abandoned by the Irish Government and fear their loved ones will be killed.

Khalid El-Astal (32), who lives in Dún Laoghaire with his two young children, Ali (5) and Sara (3), have campaigned for the rest of their family to be evacuated from the war-ravaged land, but as yet to no avail.

Now, as the Israeli Defence Forces bombard Gaza city,

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