Crime & Safety
Livonia Couple Among Americans Trapped In War-Torn Gaza
Zakaria Alarayashi and his wife, Laila, from Livonia, were visiting family in Gaza City last month when they got caught in the conflict.
November 3, 2023
(CBS DETROIT) – As the first wave of Americans trapped in Gaza are finally leaving the war zone and crossing into Egypt, one Metro Detroit family has a plea to the Biden administration to ensure their loved ones make it back home safe.
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Zakaria Alarayashi and his wife, Laila, from Livonia, were visiting family in Gaza City last month when they got caught in the conflict.
"They are sick, they have diabetes, they have high blood pressure, and they have no medication. They have no clean water. They have no real bathroom to use over there. They have to wait for an hour to use the bathroom," Yahya Alarayshi, the couple's son, told reporters on Thursday outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse in downtown Detroit.
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