1.   Countless families were stranded on rooftops, surrounded by water.

2.   The seven families were stranded with their new babies, unsure if they could ever take them home.

3.   Some families were stranded on knolls surrounded by mud and were waiting for a helicopter to rescue them.

4.   Some families were stranded on knolls surrounded by the river of mud and a helicopter would be need to rescue them.

5.   Thirty-two Palestinian families are already stranded on the border after being turned back by Egypt.