{"id":1949822,"date":"2025-06-15T20:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T18:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=1949822"},"modified":"2025-06-16T17:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:34:30","slug":"palestinian-families-medical-refuge-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/other-news\/2025-06-15\/palestinian-families-medical-refuge-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian families separated at Rafah Border seek medical refuge in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Lara Malves\u00ed <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona, Spain, (EFE).- Maha Altaher and Mahmoud Khdair, both Palestinians from Gaza and parents of young children battling cancer, made a heart-wrenching decision, to leave behind their spouses and other children in the war zone to save the lives of their sick toddlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to strict limitations at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, neither was allowed to travel with their full family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, they were forced to split their households, uncertain if they would ever reunite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mahmoud has a 3-year-old daughter still in Gaza, Maha left behind two other children, aged 8 and 9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since April, both have been living in Barcelona, where their children, barely two years old, are receiving treatment at Sant Joan de D\u00e9u Children\u2019s Hospital, a leading center for pediatric oncology.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950013\" style=\"width:855px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-1200x801.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-m-living-between-two-wars-a-mother-s-fight-for-her-son\"><strong>\u2018I\u2019m living between two wars\u2019: A mother\u2019s fight for her son<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m living between two wars: the one here, fighting my son\u2019s cancer, and the one in Gaza, with bombs and hunger tormenting my husband and other children,&#8221; Maha told EFE. \u201cBoth involve the possibility of death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though she has lived through several conflicts since birth, Maha says none compares to the devastation since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel, prompting a relentless military offensive in the Gaza Strip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Gaza\u2019s Hamas-run Health Ministry, the Israeli response has so far killed over 55,000 people and injured nearly 129,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The region is facing mass destruction and total food shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950016\" style=\"width:834px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114-1200x801.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-114.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the uncertainty and trauma of family separation, Maha believes she made \u201cthe right decision\u201d to save her son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe could have died not just from the tumor, but from the bombs. Only death awaited him there,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their evacuation was part of a coordinated humanitarian operation involving the Spanish government, the European Commission, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the NGO Accem, which is now supporting the families in Spain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirteen children and 23 relatives were flown out of Cairo as part of the effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had a normal life\u2014nothing extravagant, but a happy one,\u201d Maha recalled. \u201cNow, I just hope my husband and other children can join us. Spain is the first place I\u2019ve ever felt what security and a future could mean.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-father-s-pain-my-son-hugs-his-mother-s-photo-on-the-phone\"><strong>A father\u2019s pain, \u2018My son hugs his mother\u2019s photo on the phone\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Mahmoud, a lawyer by profession, the pain is compounded by the many loved ones he had to leave behind, including aging his parents, for whom he was the primary caregiver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His son Hassan is being treated for eye cancer, which doctors identified after a bomb struck his face when he was still an infant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe had a stable life, then everything was destroyed,\u201d Mahmoud said. \u201cIn Gaza, the suffering is beyond description.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described spending the first phase of Hassan\u2019s illness moving from one <a href=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/portada-america\/2024-12-13\/meloni-defends-the-two-state-solution-for-israel-and-palestine\/\">refugee camp<\/a> to another, living in tents.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1950019\" style=\"width:824px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115-1200x801.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-115.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While his son has begun to recover physically, the emotional toll remains heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe calls for his mother constantly,\u201d Mahmoud explained. \u201cHe hasn\u2019t seen her since we left. When he sees her picture on my phone, he hugs it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Mahmoud\u2019s daughter back in Gaza is desperate to see her father and brother. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t understand. She thinks I abandoned her. It\u2019s heartbreaking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to UNICEF, more than 15,000 children have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel\u2019s military operation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For families like Mahmoud\u2019s and Maha\u2019s, escape meant survival, but also profound emotional loss. 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