Turkish family evacuated from the Gaza Strip

Turkish citizen Burcu Haccar, her Palestinian spouse Nasir Haccar and their four children were evacuated from Gaza in the evening.Â

Also, TRNC citizen of Palestinian origin Ahmad Al Kucuk left the region.

The Turkish group will first go to Amman, Jordan and then be brought to Turkey.

Before leaving Erez, Burcu Haccar told reporters that they had had very a terrible time for the last 15 days, and they had to leave Gaza in the end.

Haccar said that bombardment continued, and hoped that everything would be better in coming days.

Burcu Haccar said that Palestinian children were used to attacks for 11 years, but this time her children were very afraid.

"Because this time it was very severe," she said.

Haccar said that mainly the civilians were harmed, and defined the attacks as a great oppression.

Burcu Haccar said that there was food problem and water cut in Gaza, and hospitals were insufficient.

Haccar said that people could not get any assistance although humanitarian aid was dispatched to the region.

Having lived in Gaza for 11 years, Haccar said that she did not think of returning to the region.

More than 700 people have been killed and around 3,000 others were injured since the beginning of Israeli offensive against Gaza on December 27, 2008.

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