Korean Family Escaping Gaza Strip Appeals for Attention to Situation Here

Born in Korea, moved to Gaza Strip in 4th grade
Runs YouTube channel introducing Korean-Palestinian culture

Suher (18), the eldest daughter of the only Korean family who fled from the Gaza Strip in Palestine to Egypt, appealed for attention to the situation within the Gaza Strip.

After 5 Attempts, Crossing the Border... "Massive Bombings Everywhere in Gaza Strip, Please Pay Attention"

On the 2nd (local time), Suher (18), the eldest daughter of a Korean family who fled from the Gaza Strip in Palestine to Egypt, is seen introducing Korean ramen cooking in a YouTube video.
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On the 2nd (local time), near the Rafah border checkpoint in the Egyptian city of El Arish, Suher told major foreign media in an interview, "The situation in the Gaza Strip is really difficult and very bad."

Holding dual citizenship of Korea and Palestine, she recalled, "We lived in Gaza City but were forced to move south to Khan Yunis," adding, "Bombings were ongoing everywhere in the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip."

Suher said, "Fortunately, we left Gaza, but other family members and relatives remain there," and appealed, "Since the situation is still ongoing, I ask everyone to continue paying attention and spreading awareness."

Suher is the eldest daughter of her Korean mother, Ms. Choi (44), and her Palestinian father (43), who naturalized as a Korean citizen.

On the 26th day of the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas, she fled to Egypt through the Rafah checkpoint with her parents, younger brother (15), and her youngest sister, who was born in March and is 7 months old.

Suher’s family attempted to cross the border four times but failed, finally managing to cross the day before.

With the help of the Korean embassy, the family moved to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, and is expected to decide their next steps soon.

Sharing Ordinary Life While Introducing Korean and Palestinian Cultures... Also Posted Videos of Israel-Palestine Clashes in 2021

On the 2nd (local time), a high school graduation photo of Suher (18), the eldest daughter of a Korean family who fled from the Gaza Strip, Palestine to Egypt.
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Suher is also a YouTuber with 140,000 subscribers. Since middle school in 2020, she has been running a YouTube channel in Korean, Arabic, and English.

Through her YouTube videos, she explained that she was born and raised in Korea and moved to the Gaza Strip with her family in July 2015 when she was in the 4th grade of elementary school. She began learning Arabic seriously from then on and now speaks both Korean and Arabic fluently.

She actively promotes the cultures of both countries through her YouTube channel.

Every summer vacation, she visits Korea and uploads several videos about her journey from the Gaza Strip and her travels in Seoul. She also shares videos of making and eating Korean foods such as gimbap, kimchi, tteokbokki, and spicy ramen, as well as celebrating Chuseok in the Gaza Strip while wearing hanbok and eating traditional holiday foods.

Additionally, she shares ordinary daily life moments such as preparing for the new school semester, school life, shopping or going on picnics with friends, and eating Palestinian snacks with her younger brother.

Although Suher showed ordinary life in the Gaza Strip, the most viewed video on her YouTube channel is one she posted during the Israel-Hamas clashes in May 2021.

At that time, as a high school freshman, she explained the urgent moment when a shell exploded in front of her house, breaking the window, and how she took only essential items and fled home. The sounds of gunfire and airstrikes were also captured in the video.

In that video, Suher also conveyed that she and her family were safe and expressed her hope that "the situation in the Gaza Strip would improve."

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