‘Petrified’ children, dwindling water and a destroyed home: Australian family pleads for help to escape Gaza

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Terrified Adelaide family of four who were visiting relatives have been forced to flee south to Rafah where they remain stuck

An Australian family trapped inside Gaza say they are running out of bread and water, and cannot escape the continuing bombardment and an escalating humanitarian crisis inside the tiny Palestinian strip of land.

The Adelaide-based family of four, which includes two preteen children, has tried three times to cross the Rafah border to safety in Egypt, only to be turned back each time, having endured two weeks of aerial attacks, one of which destroyed their family home in Gaza City.

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