Overview

• The Spanish consulate in Jerusalem and the embassy in Amman coordinated the Hammad family’s evacuation from Gaza to Málaga
• During a stopover in Amman the family reunited with Kayed’s sister before boarding their flight to Spain
• The Hammads are grieving the death of their eldest son, Omar, who was killed in one of Gaza’s bombardments
• Kayed Hammad described spending “twenty months in hell” under relentless shelling and blockade in Gaza
• Hammad is using his Ortega y Gasset Prize–winning Instagram series “Menú de Gaza” to demand a ceasefire and unimpeded food deliveries to Gaza