STORY: :: A displaced Palestinian has a 'glimmer of hope' the next U.S. President can help reach a ceasefire
:: November 4, 2024
:: Deir Al-Balah, Gaza
::Nadia Al-Debes, Displaced Palestinian
"We don't have hope, not even one percent, that the incoming U.S. President would improve this situation. But at the end, we still have a glimmer of hope that they would be able to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and stop the bloodshed."
"As a displaced Palestinian woman, among the millions who were displaced, my only wish...I don't want food or drink, I don't want aid coupons, or money, I don't want anything, I just want to be reunited with my husband . For me, the head of the household is not with me, for a year, my husband is in the north and I am in the south. Israel is the reason for a family breakup. I wish...we don't want coupons, and we don't want aid, we just want a ceasefire."
Al-Debes has been displaced several times in the more than one-year of war in Gaza, as her husband remained in the north of the strip, unable to reunite with his family.
Now living in a makeshift tent in Deir al-Balah, the 37-year-old says reuniting with her husband remains her only wish.
"As a displaced Palestinian woman, among the millions who were displaced, my only wish...I don't want food or drink, I don't want (aid) coupons, or money, I don't want anything, I just want to be reunited," she said.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across battleground states ahead of the frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential election.
The latest bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered on October 7, 2023, when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel's subsequent assault on Hamas-governed Gaza has killed over 43,000, according to Gaza's health ministry.
