‘My family faces death in Gaza’ – Palestinian in Cork begs for help

'The hospital my mum used to go to was bombed,' says Habib Al Ostaz. He is studying at UCC while working at Izz Café on George’s Quay in Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

A Palestinian man living in Cork is begging the Irish Government to help his family escape the horror in Gaza where they are living in tents with bombs raining down around them.

Habib Al Ostaz has listened to his severely weakened father plead for help for the family over the phone as bombs detonate nearby.