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A Gaza Grandfather’s Struggle and Journey Through Conflict and Loss
Abed Odeh, a 65-year-old resident of Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza, once led a peaceful life surrounded by his large family of 25. A father of eight, Abed saw all his children graduate from university with high honors. “Education has always been important to our family,” he says with pride. Like everyone else in Gaza, however, Abed’s life turned upside down after October 7. “We first sheltered at a school in the north,”
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A Gaza Grandfather’s Struggle and Journey Through Conflict and Loss
Abed Odeh, a 65-year-old resident of Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza, once led a peaceful life surrounded by his large family of 25. A father of eight, Abed saw all his children graduate from university with high honors. “Education has always been important to our family,” he says with pride. Like everyone else in Gaza, however, Abed’s life turned upside down after October 7. “We first sheltered at a school in the north,”
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