Trapped in the hell of Gaza without being able to reach Sassari.
A Gazan family—a husband, wife, and two girls, aged 7 and 5, with a third child on the way—has been waiting a year for the embassy to approve the expatriation request of the first child's brother.
"They could die at any moment," says Wasim Alkahlout, an employee of the Sassari police headquarters and an Italian citizen. His lawyer, Andrea Devoto, has been fighting for over a year to save the lives of the four through a series of petitions and lawsuits.
The Ordinary Court of Rome, in a ruling last November 2025, ordered the issuance of visas, but the Consulate stated it was willing to deliver them only through a delegate. This solution cannot lead to exit from the Strip, also because the Italian body considers this second step to be a separate issue from the previous one.
A mockery, in effect, for the Palestinians, victims of both the conflict and the bureaucracy, and whose state, the lawyer reports, "remains exceptionally vulnerable." This has been the case since October 7, 2023, the day of the Hamas attack on Israeli territory.
The Middle Eastern state's response has focused particularly on the Gaza Strip, with consequences for its citizens and their families, forced to live in terror. "Since then," Wassim explains, "my parents have been on the run because nothing is left standing." Their homes have been destroyed, resources have been cut off, forced exodus, and profound trauma has occurred, especially for the little girls. "Many times, in search of refuge, they have had to trample over the bodies of Palestinians killed in the bombings."
They're currently staying in what's left of a house, its roof about to collapse, in the Al Nasr neighborhood, or "Victory," a name that's completely inappropriate given the situation. With little food, barely any water, rats, snakes, and rattlesnakes, their daily life is a nightmare, the most feared outcome of which is being pulverized in the rubble. "In video calls, my brother Mohammed begs me to save him. I'm helpless; I don't know what to say to him anymore."
A parliamentary question on the matter was recently filed, led by Five Star Movement MP Mario Perantoni, along with his fellow Five Star Movement MPs Stefania Ascari and Francesco Silvestri. "The government must provide answers, and quickly," Perantoni attacks. Devoto emphasizes that the problem is no longer "administrative but political."
Meanwhile, the two girls try to learn Italian by listening to "I Ricchi e I Poveri" and "Sarà perché ti amo." The soundtrack plays along with the hisses and explosions of the missiles.
