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South African evacuee from Gaza tells her story

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Dianne Hawker
January 30, 2024

"We are fortunate we got out," Zaakirah Chotiah told DW from the safety of her new home in Johannesburg. Before she and her five children managed to escape from Gaza, she had lived there for more than 25 years.

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