{"id":7011433,"date":"2026-08-03T07:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/tell-us-gaza-family-trapped-between-hope-and-pain-over-missing-brothers-israel-palestine-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T07:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T07:20:27","slug":"tell-us-gaza-family-trapped-between-hope-and-pain-over-missing-brothers-israel-palestine-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7011433","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tell us\u2019: Gaza family trapped between hope and pain over missing brothers | Israel-Palestine conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p><strong>Gaza City, the Gaza Strip \u2013<\/strong> For more than a year, Ashjan Abdel Aal\u2019s life has been suspended between grief and hope.<\/p>\n<p>Two of her sons, Othman and Sami, have been missing since the morning of June 29, 2025, when they left their displaced family\u2019s home in Gaza City \u2013 only never to return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want them to come back,\u201d the 36-year-old says through tears. \u201cI want a day when I can see them, hug them and hear their voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashjan remembers the last time she saw them.<\/p>\n<p>The two brothers \u2013 Othman, who would now be 17, and Sami, 13 \u2013 said they would head to an aid distribution point near the so-called Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, promising their six-year-old sister Emarat they would bring her sweets. Ashjan also recalls hearing that they might pass by the family\u2019s old home in the Shujayea neighbourhood of eastern Gaza City \u2013 something they had also done previously \u2013 to bring back a pair of shoes for her.<\/p>\n<p>The Abdel Aal family is one of the thousands to have been forced from their homes during Israel\u2019s genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 73,340 people, according to health officials, and left much of the besieged and bombarded territory in ruins. Ashjan, her husband, Rafaat, and their children found shelter at a relative\u2019s house in Gaza City in April last year, at a time when hunger, soaring prices and shortages of basic items pushed many people to take risks searching for food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were either returning to dangerous areas or going to aid distribution points because they had no other choice,\u201d says Rafaat, 41.<\/p>\n<p>On August 1 last year, the United Nations said at least 1,373 Palestinians had been killed while seeking food since late May 2025 \u2013 859 near aid distribution sites and 514 along the routes of food convoys.<\/p>\n<p>On the day Othman and Sami left, Rafaat was away. He had also headed towards United States-backed aid distribution sites near the Zikim area in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there for a day and a half,\u201d he recalls. \u201cWhen I returned, my wife told me that the boys had not come back. I became very worried and started asking about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The family waited through the evening, hoping, in vain, that they would return. On the following day, Rafaat began searching hospitals, displacement shelters and among relatives, but found no trace of his sons \u2013 since then, the boys\u2019\u00a0disappearance has turned the family\u2019s life into an endless search for answers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4824136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4824136\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4824136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/873A9846-copy-1785688101.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"The two missing boys, from right, Sami, 13, and Othman, 17, disappeared while they were heading to aid distribution centres in June last year\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4824136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The two missing boys, from left, Othman, now 17, and Sami, now 13, disappeared in June last year [Abdelhakim Abu Riash\/Al Jazeera] (Restricted Use)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"conflicting-reports\">Conflicting reports<\/h2>\n<p>The first potential lead came more than a month later. A resident of Shujayea told the family he had seen four bodies near their old home. Two had been identified, but the other two had not.<\/p>\n<p>Rafaat says the descriptions he received resembled his sons, but the family could not confirm whether the bodies were Sami and Othman.<\/p>\n<p>Then, two days later came another painful message. A relative shared a photo of an unidentified body at al-Ahli Arab Hospital, saying it looked like Othman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first glance, I was deeply shocked,\u201d recalls Rafaat. \u201cI said this was my son Othman with 90 percent certainty. I went to the hospital, but when I saw the body, it was not my son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, after Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas reached a \u201cceasefire\u201d deal, Rafaat was able to reach the area near their old home in Shujayea. He found only destruction. \u201cThere was a piece of a missile, fragments and a small bone remnant,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>But later, the family could no longer access the area since it fell behind the so-called Yellow Line demarcating Israeli control within Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The search continued through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and human rights organisations, but no confirmed information was available.<\/p>\n<p>At times, Rafaat says, the uncertainty became unbearable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring many moments, because of the immense psychological pressure, I thought about going to the civil registry and requesting official death certificates for them,\u201d he says. \u201cBut even that was not possible because there were no witnesses or enough evidence confirming their deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"hopes-and-unanswered-questions\">Hopes and unanswered questions<\/h2>\n<p>Months later, in May, a new piece of information rekindled the family\u2019s hopes. Rafaat received a phone call from his wife\u2019s brother who had been helping him communicate with human rights groups, international institutions and lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe called me and told me that a lawyer from inside the 1948 areas, who presented herself as someone following missing persons\u2019 cases with human rights organisations and the Red Cross, had said that the boys were alive and in detention\u201d in the Israeli prisons of Ofer and Naqab, says Rafaat.<\/p>\n<p>Ashjan remembers that moment. \u201cMy husband told me, and we hugged each other and cried so hard,\u201d she says. \u201cWe cried because we thought maybe they were coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4824138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4824138\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4824138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/873A9906-copy-1785688108.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"The parents and their children are living through severe psychological distress amid uncertainty and not knowing the fate of their two missing sons\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4824138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The parents and their children are living through severe psychological distress amid uncertainty and not knowing the fate of their two missing sons [Abdelhakim Abu Riash\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The information, however, was never officially confirmed. The family tried contacting the lawyer again, but received no response. Al Jazeera also attempted to reach the lawyer, but the phone numbers provided by the family were not working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am like a drowning person holding on to any straw,\u201d says Ashjan. \u201cMy heart tells me they are alive. I see them in my dreams coming to me and telling me not to cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She says before the boys\u2019 disappearance, Othman, a teenager on the autism spectrum, would always notice when she was sad before anyone else. \u201cHe would try to comfort me in any way he could,\u201d she says. \u201cBecause of his kindness, Sami became very attached to him. He followed him everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rafaat struggles to hold back tears as he listens to his wife describe their sons. He says the boys had tried to help the family despite his objections, going out in search of aid in the hope of bringing food home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince they left, I feel like I am living in a cycle that never ends,\u201d he says. \u201cI cannot move forward, and I cannot stop thinking about what happened to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"families-trapped-in-uncertainty\">Families trapped in uncertainty<\/h2>\n<p>The story of the Abdel Aal family reflects a wider struggle faced by many families in Gaza who are searching for missing relatives amid the absence of confirmed information and the spread of conflicting reports.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office estimates that some 11,200 people remain missing across the territory, including those believed to be trapped under the rubble as well as others whose whereabouts remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Nada Abu Aita, director of the Palestinian Centre for Missing and Forcibly Disappeared Persons, says one of the biggest challenges in documenting cases of missing people is what she describes as the \u201cmultiplicity of sources\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She says the centre\u2019s work depends on communicating with families, collecting details about disappearances and documenting the circumstances surrounding each case.<\/p>\n<p>But for families already living through war, displacement and loss, not knowing the fate of a loved one creates another layer of suffering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey live in a state of uncertainty that prevents them from continuing their lives or even overcoming their grief for the missing person,\u201d says Abu Aita. \u201cIn the morning, they search for hope that they will find them, and in the evening, they become certain that they have died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She says this painful uncertainty makes families more vulnerable to information from unofficial sources, especially when those sources offer the possibility of finding their missing relatives.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4824140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4824140\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4824140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/873A9962-copy-1785688113.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Ashjan Abdel Aal continues to hold on to hope that her two sons are still alive\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4824140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashjan Abdel Aal holds on to hope that her two sons are still alive [Abdelhakim Abu Riash\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lack of complete information from the Israeli side, even for international groups, leaves some families believing that unofficial mediators or lawyers may have access to information that established organisations do not.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Aita says the centre has received many reports from families contacted by people claiming to be lawyers or representatives of organisations who told them that their relatives were being held in Israeli prisons.<\/p>\n<p>But after examining some of these cases and checking the organisations these individuals claimed to represent, the centre found that some of those institutions did not exist and that some names appeared to be fabricated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot force families to believe or reject this information,\u201d says Abu Aita.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn many cases, families choose to believe these reports, which we classify at the centre as misleading, because they want to hold on to any hope that could bring their son back to them,\u201d she adds, noting\u00a0that the absence of comprehensive official lists of detainees makes the situation even more difficult.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"open-requests\">Open requests<\/h2>\n<p>Pat Griffiths, spokesperson for the ICRC in Jerusalem, says the organisation\u2019s work begins with what is known as a \u201ctracing request\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When a family approaches the ICRC, the organisation collects its contact details as well as information about the missing person and any available details about the circumstances of the disappearance. This allows the organisation to share confirmed information whenever it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>But Griffiths says the process is often extremely difficult. \u201cThis work is often slow, complex and frustrating. Answers are not always available to us to share with families,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest obstacles faced by the ICRC is that it has not had access to Israeli places of detention since the start of the war in October 2023, despite continued dialogue with Israeli authorities to restore that access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that we are not able to confirm to families those who are detained, like we used to,\u201d says Griffiths.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4824142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4824142\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4824142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/873A9950-copy-1785688119.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"The father remains in constant contact with human rights organisations and the International Committee of the Red Cross in an effort to obtain any information about his two children\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4824142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rafaat Abdel Aal remains in constant contact with human rights organisations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to obtain any information he can about his two children [Abdelhakim Abu Riash\/Al Jazeera]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In cases involving people who are believed to have been killed, Griffiths says there are major challenges related to searching for remains and identifying them through forensic methods. These difficulties, he adds, can delay confirmation for families for months or even years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiving in that limbo, of not knowing the fate or whereabouts of a lost loved one, is a terrible and unique kind of pain,\u201d he says. \u201cWe talk to so many families who are going through that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffiths says the ICRC currently has \u201cthousands of open tracing requests\u201d, but does not publish a specific number of missing persons because the figure changes daily as new cases are opened and others are closed.<\/p>\n<p>When confirmed information becomes available, he says, the organisation contacts the family that opened the request, whether the person is being held somewhere, unable to communicate, or, in the most painful scenario, has died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, families have the right to know the fate or whereabouts of their loved ones. Whether helping give them the opportunity to finally mourn a loss, or hopefully reconnect or reunite with a loved one, we do this work for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Rafaat, every new piece of information no longer brings comfort. Instead, it prolongs the pain because the family cannot verify it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to keep looking forever. I want to know,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen a person has someone missing, they cannot grieve for them, and they cannot celebrate their return.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Ashjan, she says all she wants \u201cis one certain piece of information about their fate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>With her voice breaking, she adds: \u201cIf they are dead, tell us. If they are alive, tell us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaza City, the Gaza Strip \u2013 For more than a year, Ashjan Abdel Aal\u2019s life has been suspended between grief and hope. 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