The last time Ontario resident Salim Elewa heard from his cousin, a resident emergency physician in Gaza, was over the phone on Nov. 18, when the doctor said he was approaching an IDF checkpoint and would call back later.
Elewa has been trying to find his cousin, Dr. Saleh Eleiwa, ever since, by contacting the International Red Cross in Jerusalem and in Canada, trying lawyers in Israel, and even appealing to his local MP.
“We have not heard a single thing about him, about his whereabouts or anything like that,” said Elewa from his home in Burlington, Ont. “We don’t even know if he’s
