Gazan child marks 4th birthday in father’s absence

GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 08: Zeina Sarhan marks her fourth birthday without her father, who, since traveling to Sweden four years ago, has been unable to return to his native Gaza due to Israel’s decade-long blockade of the coastal strip on October 08, 2017 in Gaza. Zeina’s mother threw a small birthday party for her on a Gaza beach, replete with a cake and a boat festooned with Palestinian and Swedish flags -- along with 1,460 balloons symbolizing the number of days since the departure of her father, 43-year-old Wisam Sarhan. Her mother, Rasha Qishta, 29, said she hoped to draw international attention to their plight and to the suffering caused by Israel’s ongoing siege of the territory. The pair also hung banners on the boat, reading, “Life has no meaning without your father” and “I miss you dad”. They also wrote two messages for the beloved husband and father, one in Arabic and a second in English, one of which they threw into the sea in a bottle and the second of which they sent -- tied to balloons -- into the sky. (Footage by Mohammed Alaloul/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 08: Zeina Sarhan marks her fourth birthday without her father, who, since traveling to Sweden four years ago, has been unable to return to his native Gaza due to Israel’s decade-long blockade of the coastal strip on October 08, 2017 in Gaza. Zeina’s mother threw a small birthday party for her on a Gaza beach, replete with a cake and a boat festooned with Palestinian and Swedish flags -- along with 1,460 balloons symbolizing the number of days since the departure of her father, 43-year-old Wisam Sarhan. Her mother, Rasha Qishta, 29, said she hoped to draw international attention to their plight and to the suffering caused by Israel’s ongoing siege of the territory. The pair also hung banners on the boat, reading, “Life has no meaning without your father” and “I miss you dad”. They also wrote two messages for the beloved husband and father, one in Arabic and a second in English, one of which they threw into the sea in a bottle and the second of which they sent -- tied to balloons -- into the sky. (Footage by Mohammed Alaloul/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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October 08, 2017
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