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No more delays for them
While other Palestinians lugged food and fuel from Egypt into the Gaza Strip yesterday, Omran Lubbab took advantage of the fall of Gaza's Rafah wall to bring his future bride home.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:06 January 24, 2008
Gaza: While other Palestinians lugged food and fuel from Egypt into the Gaza Strip yesterday, Omran Lubbab took advantage of the fall of Gaza's Rafah wall to bring his future bride home. "No more delays," said Lubbab, a 34-year-old Gaza cameraman, vowing to marry fiance Heba Al Qadi in two weeks' time, Reuters reported.
Lubbab was reunited with Al Qadi, a Palestinian who lives on the Egyptian side of the divided town of Rafah, after stepping through one of the gaps Hamas fighters blew in the border wall dividing the town. "We have been engaged for two years but our wedding has been delayed because of the border closure," said Al Qadi, who carried two suitcases filled with new dresses into the Gaza Strip to begin her new life.
Al Qadi will be staying with relatives in Gaza until the wedding. Her mother, Buthaina Al Qadi, was all smiles as she watched the couple chatting about their wedding reception. "I am very happy. My daughter is finally going to start a new life and a family," she said.
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