Khalid El-Astal, whose wife was killed in the conflict, is holding on to hope his two Irish brothers and father will finally be able to see his two small children in their tiny Dún Laoghaire home
‘Please evacuate my Irish family from Gaza’ – father-of-two on trauma and ‘the blessing’ of life in Ireland
An Irish-Palestinian father is urgently calling for the Government to help evacuate his Irish family from Gaza – as he and other Palestinians also campaign for suitable family housing here.
Khalid El-Astal (31), who lives in Dún Laoghaire, believes his family are among the last Irish citizens left in the war-torn Strip. Yet, despite their Irish passports, they have been unable to leave.