Anything to avoid thinking about his son, Muhammed.
As the Israeli military targeted the southern city of Khan Younis in early December and fighting with Hamas intensified, his family’s home was struck while he was visiting a neighbor, Mr. Abutaha said.
“If somebody sends me his picture, I just shout at him and say: ‘Please don’t remind me of my son.
Please, I don’t want to bring back memories,’” Mr. Abutaha said.
“Oblivion, forgetfulness, is a blessing from God.”Soon after the strike, he said, he and his family fled to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, at the time one of the last facilities in the Gaza Strip still offering medical care and shelter to the displaced.
Persons:
Mustafa Abutaha, Muhammed, Khan Younis, Abutaha, He’s, ’, ”
Organizations:
Nasser
Locations:
Khan, Gaza