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Ousama Alshurafa has spent the last week and a half anxiously waiting for a phone call from family members stuck in Gaza.

Some were planning to head to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital to seek shelter, hoping to find some safety there amidst ongoing rocket barrage in the city.

Large areas in the Gaza Strip have been reduced to rubble with the death toll roughly at 4,200 people, according to the United Nations.

Earlier, a Gaza civil defence chief gave a death toll of 300, while health ministry sources put it at 500.

Alshurufa says he had to fly to Los Angeles to take care of his sister who has special needs, while his mother continues to be stuck in Gaza, not knowing if she will be able to get back to the U.S.

Toronto resident Hammam Farah, who was born in the hospital that was hit, says he was “horrified” and went into a state of panic when he heard what had happened, knowing his family was sheltering nearby.

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