zara skak, a 44-year-old palestinian woman living in gaza city escaped the war thanks to her american sons. one of whom is an army specialist. some of the things zara has to say about how hamas and the israelis have been treating civilians have harder to hear and harder to confirm as the fighting continues and journalists are largely barred from the area. but a story like so many that we're learning about from this region does have a somewhat happy ending. we sat down with her last month and zara told us she left gaza in late december with nothing but a small backpack and the same clothes she had been wearing since the war began. >> you didn't bring anything from your home with you? >> no, it is, you know, it is not damaged, it burned. >> and there was -- you can't salvage anything? >> i mean, if you go a life, it is like, big thing for you yeah. >> in 1998 zara skak and her husband moved from gaza to the u.s. where her three sons were born. ten years later, the family returned to gaza city. as their sons grew from little boys to young men, all three decided to live in the u.s. while