Under Israeli bombardment for days, Jason Shawa couldn’t sleep in his home south of Gaza City, so he went to his window to light up a cigarette. There, the Palestinian-American heard shouting, and the sound of panicked cries from the street below.
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Abood Okal and his wife had received an email from the US State Department saying they would be able to cross the southern border of Gaza into Egypt at Monday morning, but on Tuesday afternoon they were still in Gaza, an attorney said.