Irish passport-holder Ibrahim Al-Agha hosts 90 displaced people at his Gaza home

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Some are Al-Agha's relatives, others complete strangers, all hope his Irish passport will shield them when Israel's soldiers arrive. Euronews journalist Nebal Hajjo paid a brief visit to the house.

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00:00 "Palestinians fleeing the bombing of Gaza have sought refuge in different places. Most

00:06 have moved south, others have taken shelter in hospitals or UN schools. But some have

00:12 gone to the home of an Irish Palestinian citizen, believing that he is a foreign national, will

00:17 not be targeted. Euronews correspondent Neb Al-Hajjo spoke to some of them and their host.

00:24 "We were afraid. We left the house, we left the bed, we left the food on the stove and

00:31 we left. And when we found a car, we were forced to go to the back of the valley." "The first

00:39 two days were very difficult for us to accept each other. We sat for two days in the same

00:46 group, we did not talk to each other. Everyone was angry. No one liked each other. Then when

01:03 we felt that we had to integrate and mix, then the ideas began to come together. The

01:10 ideas began to come up. The person in charge or the person who is the oldest, the wisest,

01:17 suggested that we should make a box for each person, 30 pieces. Above the annual, 30 pieces

01:24 are necessary. Below the annual, 15 pieces. Because his food is less." Ibrahim Al-Aga

01:31 had only planned a short visit but has been trapped by the war. He felt a duty to open

01:36 his doors to dozens of displaced Gazans. "Me, my wife and my three children, we came to

01:43 Gaza. Unfortunately, we got trapped here. The situation is very difficult. So as you

01:50 can see, we are hosting a lot of friends and relatives. We have a big problem. Maybe you

01:58 saw our struggle with food, water, electricity, trying to entertain the kids as well. So it's

02:05 a daily struggle. It's from the morning until we go to sleep. It's a daily struggle just

02:13 to source our needs here as a group."

02:16 as a group.

02:16 (whooshing)

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