Israel is preferable Assad: Syrian refugees flock to Gaza

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Hundreds of Palestinians who had fled the war in Syria forced to return to Gaza. Ode Omar, who escaped from Damascus to Egypt and then deported to Gaza under the bombs IDF maintains optimism: "Back when Assad will fall

About 500 Syrians who fled from the civil war in their country stayed in the Gaza Strip, and a third of them came to Gaza last two months. Of 500 thousand Palestinian refugees - Syrians, it seems that even the crowded Gaza Strip and closed resort seems likely, there is no solution in sight 

One of the refugees who returned to Gaza from the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus is Omar Oda. Oda, 56, told the British Guardian newspaper that before the outbreak of the Civil War his life was "good" and that he lived five-story building. "I was in the business of printing. Things first six months were fine., But then weakened business and the economic crisis came."

a Body) Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus 

Ode January 2012 left his family behind and left Syria to look for work. He came to Egypt but was caught without the appropriate paperwork and deported to the Gaza Strip , the record homeland. From there, Oda made ​​contact online with his wife, born and grandchildren stayed in a refugee camp in Damascus, and they told him about the horrors of war. "They saw people being killed. Grandchildren have lived with anxiety, and family begged me to send them money so they can escape."

Oda managed to raise 4,000 dollars to save his family from Syria through bribery, and bring them to live with him in Gaza. But the sense of relative security was short, because the family once again faced with the reality of a war outbreak of operation " Nube "late last year. "The family was afraid," said Oda, "but here, if I avoided dangerous places, there was a problem. Bombings were very specific. Syria, anywhere was dangerous." He said he would return to Syria when the Assad regime will fall. "I just hope it does not happen, I'm sure it will happen. I support the overthrow of Arab regimes, including Hamas and the Palestinian Authority

Protesters in front of the lodge closed UNRWA office in Gaza

Syrian refugee flow into Gaza raises concern among authorities. Issam Adwan, head of Hamas's refugees told the Guardian: "infrastructures are insufficient even for the people of Gaza. Unemployment that exceeds 30%, and refugees from Syria needed jobs and housing."

Adwan said that the UN should take responsibility for Syrians arriving to Gaza. "These are refugees Palestinians . We understand that UNRWA is a budget crunch, but it's an emergency. " UNRWA (UNRWA Palestinian refugees) said that efforts are being made ​​to find a budget for Palestinians displaced from their home twice.