Family arrives safely in Calgary after escaping the war in Gaza

It was a long-awaited reunion at the Calgary International Airport Saturday as Ossama Zaqqout hugged his parents, who had just arrived after fleeing the war in Gaza.

It was a long-awaited reunion at the Calgary International Airport Saturday as Ossama Zaqqout hugged his parents, who had just arrived after fleeing the war in Gaza.

Zaqqout had been trying for months to get his parents to safety. 

“My parents has been displaced several times within Gaza,” Zaqqout says.

“About two months I haven't heard at all from my parents and my family, because of communication issues, and there is no internet, there is no communication, " he says.

It also marked the first arrival from that region of Calgarian's family members coming as family sponsored refugees. 

“It's a mixed feeling. I'm overwhelmed with happiness to see my father,” Zaqqout says.

“I'm overwhelmed with knowing that the Government of Canada is not going to offer us much support.”