A Palestinian man who had fled Lebanon more than three decades ago seeking safety and a better future in Libya was killed in the flooding this week along with his wife and two daughters
A At the height of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war in the late 1980s, Saleh Ali Sariyeh decided to leave the Palestinian refugee camp where he had been living and move to Libya in search of safety and a better future.
Mohammed Sariyeh said after they lost contact with the family in Derna, they started following the news through social media and a day later they were able to contact people who lived nearby. They gave them information about the tragedy that hit the city and killed the family. Mohammed Sariyeh said his brother left Lebanon in the late 1980s and had been residing in Derna since then until his death along with his wife, Sanaa Jammal, and their two daughters. The daughters, Walaa, 27, a pediatrician, and Hoda, 25, who worked in information technology, were both born and raised in Libya.
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