Instead of helping to care for her sick sister, Amal could only enter Gaza to join her grieving family
Negligence, insensitivity and bureaucratic obstacles prevented a resident of the West Bank from visiting her dying sister in the Gaza Strip. Three months after she submitted her request to visit her sister, and after her sister had passed away, Amal finally received permission to visit her mourning family. Read More »

How long does it take an Israeli citizen living in the Gaza Strip to visit Israel and return to the Strip?
After a long, bureaucratic and agonizing journey, N. and her children managed to leave Gaza to visit relatives and then return back home. N. discovered that although she and her children are Israeli citizens, travel to and from Gaza can be quite a Kafkaesque process. Read More »

Couple born in Gaza return to the Strip to visit family
Bahij and Najla, who were both born in Gaza, visit their daughter and Bahij’s sick mother after being denied permission to enter the Strip for over a decade. Read More »

Family reunited in the West Bank after more than two years
After being separated for more than two years andwith the assistance of Gisha, Nisreen Abu Ayash and her five children traveled from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank to be reunited with their husband and father. Read More »

Reunited with family in the West Bank following removal to Gaza
After five months of being separated from him home and family, Gisha assisted Mahmoud Dweik in returning to the West Bank after he had been caught in Israel without a permit and removed to Gaza. Read More »

The first family visit in two years following a change of address
Gisha helped Ruweida ‘Abd al-‘Aziz travel to Jordan to see her children and grandchildren, after she had been unable to leave the West Bank for Jordan for over two years. Read More »

The journey from Gaza to the American Consulate in east Jerusalem
Nancy Gabon, an American citizen married to a Gaza resident, was unable to reach the American Consulate in East Jerusalem for months. With Gisha’s assistance, she managed to exit Gaza and have her children registered as American citizens. Read More »