{"id":224617,"date":"2023-11-25T11:28:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T11:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=224617"},"modified":"2023-11-25T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T11:28:40","slug":"moment-humza-yousafs-mother-in-law-breaks-down-in-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/moment-humza-yousafs-mother-in-law-breaks-down-in-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment Humza Yousaf&apos;s mother-in-law breaks down in tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Moment Humza Yousaf&#8217;s mother-in-law breaks down in tears as she describes harrowing three weeks trapped in Gaza where she thought she would be killed amid Israel bombardment<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla were visiting family during the October 7 attack<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Humza Yousaf&#8217;s mother-in-law broke down in tears during an interview where she described her harrowing ordeal while she was trapped in Gaza\u00a0for three weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla, the parents of the Scottish First Minister&#8217;s wife Nadia, were visiting relatives last month when Israel laid siege to the territory following the October 7 Hamas terror attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms El-Nakla, from Dundee, said she and her husband experienced a &#8216;living nightmare&#8217; after they were left trapped in the Palestinian territory for weeks, at times thinking that they were going to die.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The couple were able to return to Scotland earlier this month after being permitted to pass through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Ms El-Nakla told\u00a0Sky News\u00a0about the harrowing ordeal but was overcome with emotion during the interview as she admitted it is &#8216;such a relief&#8217; to be home but expressed that she had &#8216;left her heart in Gaza&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042361-12772439-Elizabeth_and_Maged_El_Nakla_Pictured_together_the_parents_of_th-m-65_1700525515122.jpg\" height=\"708\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla (Pictured together), the parents of the Scottish First Minister&#8217;s wife Nadia, were visiting relatives last month when Israel laid siege to the territory following the October 7 Hamas terror attack<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042351-12772439-image-a-66_1700525535299.jpg\" height=\"1083\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms El-Nakla told Sky News about the harrowing ordeal but was overcome with emotion during the interview as she said it is &#8216;such a relief&#8217; to be home but she had also &#8216;left her heart in Gaza&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042377-12772439-image-a-67_1700525552390.jpg\" height=\"509\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>First Minister Humza Yousaf tweeted this family photo after his in-laws were able to return to Scotland earlier this month<\/p>\n<p>Ms El-Nakla told\u00a0Sky News: &#8216;It still feels very surreal, waking up in the middle of the night and I hear silence and in the dark. And then I remember I&#8217;m at home and that I&#8217;m safe.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Humza Yousaf reveals his in-laws are &#8216;safe&#8217; and back in Britain after they were &#8216;trapped&#8217; in Gaza as Israel pounded Palestinian enclave\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;I feel very grateful for that. I walk down to my sister-in-law, who lives five minutes away, in the rain, in the dark, but feeling safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think no-one can understand how that makes you feel when you&#8217;ve been in a situation where you think that you may die.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Unfortunately, until our family and the people that we know and love and everyone in Gaza are safe, I don&#8217;t think we will get it. And I think my life has changed forever.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the conflict, Ms El-Nakla said: &#8216;I wouldn&#8217;t wish that situation on my worst enemy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The couple managed the leave the region on November 3 after two failed attempts.<\/p>\n<p>The SNP leader confirmed they were among an almost 100-strong group permitted to enter Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Ms El-Nakla spoke of losing hope &#8216;so many times&#8217;, also telling of fears about never getting home.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042349-12772439-image-a-83_1700526229943.jpg\" height=\"860\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms El-Nakla told Sky News taht its feeels &#8216;very surreal&#8217; to be back home after being stuck in Gaza for three weeks<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042347-12772439-image-a-84_1700526233736.jpg\" height=\"764\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ms El-Nakla spoke of losing hope &#8216;so many times&#8217;, also telling of fears about never getting home<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/21\/00\/78042369-12772439-image-a-68_1700525623393.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Humza Yousaf embraces his wife Councillor Nadia El-Nakla after shegave a speech calling for a\u00a0ceasefire and humanitarian aid to be made available to civilians in Gaza on October 15<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;I hadn&#8217;t slept for 48 hours. I hadn&#8217;t slept for nearly three weeks. And you&#8217;re just so relieved. But you still don&#8217;t believe it and you&#8217;re so exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then you get on the bus and you see all these happy children. We were given a bottle of water and a pack of biscuits. And it is such a relief. You can&#8217;t imagine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But, again, your heart is torn. I left my heart in Gaza and I didn&#8217;t bring it home with me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The siege of Gaza has left food, water, fuel and medical supplies running dangerously low in the territory, which is home to more than 2.3 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Yousaf&#8217;s wife, Nadia El-Nakla, has reported her parents were without clean drinking water and faced &#8216;rapidly diminishing supplies&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12772439\/Humza-Yousaf-mother-law-tears-trapped-Gaza-Israel-bombardment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moment Humza Yousaf&#8217;s mother-in-law breaks down in tears as she describes harrowing three weeks trapped in Gaza&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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