Maha Hussain
A ‘mass murder in the Mediterranean’ leaves nearly 450 lost at sea, including this man’s family
Shukri Alassouli, a 33-year-old man from Gaza, was trying to find a better life for his young family in Europe. But their journey across the Mediterranean in smugglers’ boats turned into what the UN called the deadliest accident of its kind, killing hundreds and losing Shukri’s wife, daughter and young son at sea.