Haunted by grief, Gaza’s displaced still wait overseas for return

CAIRO: Omar al-Hassayna fled Gaza for Cairo after an Israeli airstrike wiped out much of his large family. Three years on, he remains there waiting for enough stability, security and reconstruction in his still devastated homeland to return. Hassayna is one of more than 100,000 Gazans who left the enclave during the war and remain stranded overseas, according to Palestinian Authority figures. They still mourn dead relatives and their destroyed homes and neighbourhoods. “I left Gaza and cam