Photo via Dawn

Haunted by grief, Gaza’s displaced still wait overseas for return

Read the original at Dawn ↗
Cite

Reuters. (2026, October 5). Haunted by grief, Gaza’s displaced still wait overseas for return. Dawn. https://www.dawn.com/news/2034841/haunted-by-grief-gazas-displaced-still-wait-overseas-for-return

Dated when The Aporia collected the article, usually within hours of publication. Check the original for its exact date and byline.

Dawn · collected 2026-10-05 · by Reuters

Quick Summary

No summary of this article yet; the story summary below covers the event.

AI analysis

Story summary

Omar al-Hassayna fled Gaza for Cairo, Egypt, after an Israeli airstrike destroyed much of his family in October 2023. Three years later, he remains in Cairo waiting for stability and reconstruction to return home. He is one of over 100,000 Gazans who left Gaza during the war and remain displaced overseas, according to Palestinian Authority figures. Despite a ceasefire aimed at initiating reconstruction and political processes leading to an eventual full Israeli withdrawal nearly a year ago, little progress has been made. Hassayna expresses his hope for stability in Gaza so he can contribute positively to rebuilding his country.

Written for “Gaza Displacement Crisis” on 2026-11-01, grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.

Story

📰 Gaza Displacement Crisis
World · 2 article(s) covering the same event. See how they differ ↓

Compared with similar articles

This article reads leans strongly left and hedges 15% of its claims. Each row says how that neighbour differs.
The Straits Times
⚖️ Leans left further right than this Hedges 3 of 24 claims Outlet record 66/100
The Guardian
⚖️ Leans left further right than this Hedges 1 of 15 claims Outlet record 66/100
“The articles discuss related topics about Gaza's situation after a war, but describe different aspects and contexts.”
The Straits Times
⚖️ Leans left further right than this Hedges 5 of 27 claims Outlet record 66/100
“The articles describe different individuals' experiences and their current locations; one is in Mexico City while the other is in Cairo.”
Al Jazeera
Hedges 1 of 78 claims Outlet record 60/100
“The articles describe different individuals' experiences and losses related to the ongoing situation in Gaza, rather than a single specific incident.”
The Globe and Mail
Hedges 0 of 2 claims Outlet record 52/100
“Article A focuses on a single individual's story of displacement and waiting to return, while Article B discusses the broader situation in Gaza for millions of displaced Palestinians.”
South China Morning Post
⚖️ Leans strongly left Hedges 0 of 7 claims Outlet record 64/100
“The articles describe different aspects of the ongoing situation in Gaza but do not refer to the same specific incident.”
CBS News
Hedges 0 of 2 claims Outlet record 66/100
“Article A focuses on displaced Gazans waiting to return after an airstrike, while Article B discusses how Israeli and Palestinian children are coping three years after a Hamas attack.”
Al Jazeera
⚖️ Leans left further right than this Hedges 6 of 54 claims Outlet record 60/100
“The articles discuss different phases and aspects of Palestinians' displacement from Gaza; Article A focuses on displaced Gazans waiting overseas for return, while Article B discusses what people took when they fled after the war began.”
The Independent
Hedges 0 of 36 claims Outlet record 59/100
“The articles describe different perspectives on the aftermath of Israeli-Palestinian conflict but report on distinct incidents and sentiments from separate individuals.”
Al Jazeera
⚖️ Leans strongly left Hedges 9 of 67 claims Outlet record 60/100
“The articles describe different aspects of the aftermath and impact of a conflict in Gaza, but they do not report on the same specific incident or occurrence.”
How this article was measured signals, leaning charts, publisher record, byline, topics and claims

Signals How these are calculated →

Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
3 of 20 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
72/100
Dawn's corrections and hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
2
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Analyzed 2026-10-05 · how these are computed

How this is being covered How these are calculated →

Article leaning vs. publisher reliability
Source leaning vs. consistency

Publisher

Dawn · 2531 article(s) · 3 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 3 correction(s)

Who wrote this

Reuters
808 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 He was fifth fastest in qualifying, admitting he felt tense, but will move up a place due to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, in fourth, taking a grid drop.
🔮 Indian security personnel carrying batons and shields and accompanied by riot control vehicles surrounded the site of a planned opposition protest in Delhi on Sunday that is set to demand the resignation of the country’s election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists.
🔮 Binance, the worlds biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said it would resume withdrawals on Sunday after covering 95 per cent of the $6.3 billion in tokens stolen from its platform in the world’s largest digital heist, which the FBI has tied to North Korea.
🔮 In a near-single-handed performance, Gabby Williams helped the Golden State Valkyries defeat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 in game seven of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Finals to give the West Coast franchise a championship in the second year of its existence.
🔮 The comments, made to reporters during a Halloween party at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, suggest that relations between the Western Hemisphere's two largest democracies may remain strained for some time, even as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Brazil's top diplomat earlier in the day.
🔮 “Whatever could go wrong, did,” said Stefano Roffi, director of the private foundation that runs the museum.
🔮 Set 288 for victory, Australia were rocked early on and could manage only 111 to lose the third Test by 176 runs, following their defeat by an innings and 31 runs in the second match in the series.
🔮 “Listening to calls for a formal apology on behalf of the British state will form an important part of this process, and I am open to them,” he added.
🔮 Some have proposed freezing utility rate increases and slashing guaranteed returns, steps that could have sweeping consequences for the country’s utility industry.
🔮 Coinbase said it made adjustments to its systems that store cryptocurrency keys offline “solely out of an abundance of caution”, while Kraken said it was monitoring industry incidents for lessons it could apply to its defences.
Wire or desk byline, not an individual reporter.
Also by Reuters
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.
All 808 articles by Reuters →

Topics

CAIRO Egypt Gaza Israeli Palestinians

Subjects

Gaza GPE · 12× Hassayna PERSON · 6× CAIRO GPE · 5× Israeli NORP · 5× Egypt GPE · 4× Palestinians NORP · 3× Palestinian NORP · 2× Gazans NORP · 1× Omar al-Hassayna PERSON · 1× Palestinian Authority ORG · 1×

Narrative

“I am waiting for the opportunity, I am waiting for the moment when Gaza becomes stable so I can return to my country, and be a productive member of this country, and be a positive force for the country.” Ceasefire meant to start a process of reconstruction still in limbo after nearly a year Nearly a year after a ceasefire in Gaza that was meant to start a process of reconstruction along with a political process that would lead to an eventual full Israeli withdrawal, little has changed.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-05
🔮 “I left Gaza and came to Egypt, the land of Kinana (referring to Egypt), but at the same time, this will not be forgotten, my dear brother, it will not be forgotten,” he said.

Claims (20 extracted, 3 hedged)

Omar al-Hassayna fled Gaza for Cairo after an Israeli airstrike wiped out much of his large family. asserted
airstrike → flee → family
Three years on, he remains there waiting for enough stability, security and reconstruction in his still devastated homeland to return. asserted
he → remain → homeland
Hassayna is one of more than 100,000 Gazans who left the enclave during the war and remain stranded overseas, according to Palestinian Authority figures. uncertain
who → leave → figures
They still mourn dead relatives and their destroyed homes and neighbourhoods. asserted
They → mourn → relatives
“I left Gaza and came to Egypt, the land of Kinana (referring to Egypt), but at the same time, this will not be forgotten, my dear brother, it will not be forgotten,” he said. asserted
he → leave → time
“I am waiting for the opportunity, I am waiting for the moment when Gaza becomes stable so I can return to my country, and be a productive member of this country, and be a positive force for the country.” Ceasefire meant to start a process of reconstruction still in limbo after nearly a year Nearly a year after a ceasefire in Gaza that was meant to start a process of reconstruction along with a political process that would lead to an eventual full Israeli withdrawal, little has changed. asserted
little → wait → withdrawal
Israeli forces still hold more than 60 per cent of the territory and conduct almost daily airstrikes, while Hamas controls most of the area where Palestinians live, mostly in temporary shelters with inadequate aid supplies and no prospect of reconstruction soon. asserted
Palestinians → hold → reconstruction
Some 308 members of Hassayna’s extended family were killed when Israeli strikes destroyed a cluster of Gaza City apartment buildings where they had gathered for shelter on Nov 22, 2023, according to Palestinian authorities. uncertain
they → kill → authorities
Among those killed were his wife, four of their adult sons and four small grandchildren including an infant only a few months old. asserted
wife → kill → infant
He has brothers in the Egyptian capital too. asserted
He → have → capital
One daughter was medically evacuated to Turkiye with her husband and six children, and another daughter remains in Gaza with her five children although her husband was killed in the attack. asserted
husband → evacuate → attack
In August, Hassayna watched on video from Cairo as relatives buried 112 family members, including his wife, sons and grandchildren, whose bodies had been recovered from the rubble, with dozens still missing. asserted
dozens → watch → rubble
Hassayna owned a business selling tools for firefighting and safety equipment in Gaza and some of his goods survived the war. asserted
some → own → war
He periodically sells some to fund his stay in Cairo, where he has remarried. asserted
he → sell → Cairo
All those who left Gaza were vetted before their departure by both Israel and Egypt, but many have found it hard to return to the territory. asserted
it → leave → territory
Some Israeli politicians have urged a policy of encouraging all Gaza’s population to leave and to prevent those who left from returning, but about 7,000 have gone home. asserted
7,000 → urge → those
Hassayna believes Egypt will stop any widespread displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. asserted
Egypt → believe → Gaza
However, no widespread return of those who fled Gaza may be likely until the territory’s prospects are clearer. uncertain
prospects → flee → Gaza
“If Gaza returns. asserted
Gaza → return → ?
If there is an international agreement (with) a comprehensive situation for the Palestinian people and construction begins, why would I delay?” he said. asserted
he → be → people
💬Give feedback
🕘History 🎫Support