'Bombed left and right': Some Southeast Asian nationals seek to escape Israel-Hamas war but journey home challenging

 A security ahli at the National University of Singapore's Middle East Institute told CNA that countries without ties with Israel may find it difficult to coordinate usahas to bring home their nationals. King88bet

 

Amid the Israeli air strikes over Gaza, Indonesian aid worker Abdillah Onim now lives among bombed houses with his life constantly under threat. king88bet login alternatif


"The houses of Gazans were bombed and razed to the ground. What you see in the media is really happening," the 44-year-old told CNA. As he spoke, the sounds of explosions and fighter jets rattled in the latar belakang. Article Title with Blogger Published Link as Backlink


Mr Onim - who is married to a Gazan and has three young children - has lived in Gaza since 2009. Following the recent conflict, he has been forced to consider returning to Indonesia, though the journey to his home country looks set to be an arduous one.



Mr Onim - in a seminar-online organised by the Islamic University of Indonesia on Tuesday (Oct 10) - said that he would try to evacuate to Egypt "in the near future" with his children and wife.


He admitted, however, that his rencana is "just wishful thinking".


"Even though it's been well coordinated, if you can't leave your house, you can't go … If there is no transportation to the border, it cannot be done. Ambulances are sasaraned, reguler vehicles are missiled.


"I'm just waiting to see how the International Red Cross can pick me up in front of my house when I'm being bombed left and right," said Mr Onim. "The trip to the border will be like an action movie, you can't imagine a car running in the middle of a bombing."


Mr Onim is one of many foreigners in Israel and the Palestinian Territories who are now seriously contemplating leaving the war-torn region for their home countries. However, the siege on Gaza which was imposed by Israel on Monday complicates the situation for those seeking to evacuate the tempat.

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