There were exactly 69 dogs onboard, all from his shelter in the West Bank.
Then came Jimmy, Carlos, Farouk, Zoe, all of whom Mr. Abu-Ghazalah had cared for at Daily Hugz, the rescue facility he set up in Asira ash-Shamaliya, outside his hometown, Nablus.
The dogs were mostly abandoned, many were feral and a number of them had lost legs after being hit by cars.
The shelter had been “like paradise,” Mr. Abu-Ghazalah said.
But in December, as conditions in the West Bank deteriorated amid the Israel-Hamas war, he decided he could no longer keep it running.
Persons:
Ghazalah, Lucas, Jimmy, Carlos, Farouk, Zoe, Mr, Abu
Organizations:
Kennedy International Airport, West Bank, Daily, Society for, Animals International
Locations:
Maad, Nablus, West, Israel