The mother of a Palestinian-American Navy officer was secretly rescued from Gaza City in a deal between the Trump administration, Israel, and Jordan, according to a new report.
Ahlam Firwana, 59 — the mother of Navy medic Younis Firawana — underwent a highly coordinated evacuation in September that included sophisticated software to avoid any Israeli airstrikes as she made her way out of the war-torn Gaza Strip, the Washington Post reported.
Younis, 32, told the outlet he was grateful that so many high ranking officials came together to save his mother, including ambassadors, veterans organizations and Trump’s deputy special envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus. 3
“That means a lot, that these guys care about my family,” he said. “I’m not alone.”
Younis, who joined the Navy