UPDATE 9/6/2024
Have you ever had to cut off your crown, your hair, for the lack of shampoo and hygienic supplies? This is the reality of my sisters; of all women, right now.
Mama is getting tired. She’s been tired. With my father and sister both needing medical treatment as badly as they need evacuation, what can I say? I can only say du’a over and over.
My uncle lost 3 children.. he lost his son and daughter in the same moment. Has this become regular for everyone to watch? Because it is breaking our heart every single time.
How do I fit in a world of pain in a text box? A world of grief? Misery? I have never found peace in this. We never will.
I am looking to INSHALLAH reach the 4K goal by Sunday. The continuous growth gives us hope that they can evacuate when the border is opened.
May God save us all.
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Unfortunate news from Sister Heba and the family:
Yesterday, I witnessed from countries away, my sister Eman lose her baby boy, Ahmed. Her sobbing will stay in my head forever. A beautiful baby boy’s heart stopped because of the fear and startle every time he heard a drone, a warplane, ammunition, fires…
I don’t know how Eman will get through this pain.. I know she needs me by her side. With Sara and Baba injured, Eman already had a role to help them. Now, she needs help.
Your contributions will now also be going towards giving Ahmed a funeral more deserving of the rubble so many are buried underneath.
This is truly Hell on earth. I just need to save my family.
I really need to hug them again.
With love and sorrow,
Sister Heba
Newest update from Sister Heba:
My father sustained a head injury from falling on the ground.. and lost consciousness for 5 minutes.
He was quickly taken to the hospital and quickly discharged, due to lack of treatment and electricity. Because of the inability to get a scan, we have no idea how the injury is truly effecting him. Because of the poor connection, I have not heard more than what I am telling you all right now about how he is doing.
My sister Sara is trying to accustom to a life with a badly injured and burned leg. Can you imagine trying to use a fan to “cool off” your leg after getting shrapnel in it? She has been suffering, unable to return to the hospital for the same reasons: lack of treatment, electricity, and overcrowding.
Nada, my dear sister studying medicine, is risking her safety just to secure internet so she may continue her studies online.
Please know that we need your support and contributions. They are helping save my family’s life, with no exaggeration in that statement.
My family needs a real quality of life. This has gone beyond any nightmare, and I cannot imagine a life without them. I want to see my parents, my siblings, and I want to mourn the life taken away from my brother, Adham
I will forever miss you.. I still dream about you. My friends all tell me how handsome you are, brother.
Please share and contribute. With many thanks, love and appreciation,
Sister Heba.
My family is in the danger zone… ALL of Gaza is the danger zone. They now live in a tent, after being displaced for the 7th time and spending their nights on the streets. I did not even know for hours after the fact due to the lack of service and communication.
On July 13, 2024, the occupation committed a massacre in Al Mawasi near Khan Younis. My 16 year old sister, Sara, was hit with shrapnel in her leg; her leg is broken and badly burned.
Sara was traveling to secure water for her family. Please note that our siblings and parents travel over an hour to get this water for our families.
My little sister, Sham, is 5 years old. She has never known a life that does not involve war. School, daycares, playgrounds… are a thing of the past, if they were ever a thing for our babies.
My father, who wears a pacemaker for his heart condition, has EF (Ejection Fraction). He was admitted to the hospital days ago, and due to the lack of service, I have not spoken to him nor was I aware of his admission into the hospital until many hours after the fact.
An EF is supposed to work at 50-70%. My father’s is functioning at 30%.. dropped from 34%. The closer it reaches 20%, the more he is in grave danger.
With a family of 7 sisters and 2 brothers, including 19 year old Nada (who NEVER got to live her dream in medicine, which would make my heart soar seeing as I am a Dentist)
Yusef, my dear brother, is 22. He had dreams of being a civil engineer, dreams of a prosperous future… and then our brother, Adham, was martyrd.
Due to the internet service once again, I did not know until the day afterward that my brother Adham was taken from us. He was engaged to the love of his life, a 27 year old man who dreamt of a new home filled with joy, filled with normalcy. Now it’s all gone. And my family isn’t able to process this heartache. I dream about him often.
This is a breakdown of what your contribution will help to save my family:
€30,000 for evacuation
€30,000 for:
my father’s health treatment
my sister’s treatment for her burned leg
the ability to eat
drink water
Living expenses after evacuation
tents due to several displacements
the possibility to continue my sibling’s educational paths
I ask one thing from you all, dearly: please leave a comment or message down below for me and my family. Show your support, make a prayer, and please share this. You are so appreciated for reading this far.
With Love,
Heba
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My name is Yusef from Gaza. I am a third-year civil
engineering student. I used to be one of those people filled with life and ambition. One day, I woke up to a war that took away the dearest people to me - my dear brother, Adham, who was martyred. I found myself alone, displaced with my family of 7, fighting for survival with no more than our tent .
I hope you can help my family. My hardworking sister, Nada, missed her first semester at the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Azhar University. Her life long goal to become a doctor is indefinitely placed on hold as we struggle to endure starvation, illness and relentless displacement as Israel constantly bombards the innocent people of Gaza.
Please help us survive and find our way to a safe and peaceful life when we can reunite with my sister and the rest of my family.
The girl you see in the photo is my sister Sham. Sham is only 5 years old and has spent now nearly a fifth of her life fighting to survive this genocide.
Sham is the apple of my eye and the joy of our family. I am crushed that I can not defend her as I watch her trembling with fear, that I can not help her unhear the bombings or unsee the destruction and death scenes she has witnessed day after day for months. She should not be in such terror, barely surviving on canned food, suffering multiple episodes of dangerous gastroenteritis, or wishing for something as simple as a candy.
My family has been displaced seven times to multiple locations in the south with nothing but their IDs, living in tents to warehouses without basic life necessities, no cooking gas, no water, no food, no electricity or proper sanitary products. Each time we literally run for our lives searching for safety in a place where there is none, absolutely none...
There is no safe place in Gaza.
Every time we believe that it is almost over, it gets worse by the minute. My family has been stoic survivors for over 193 days until now, but I can’t anymore.
I need your help.
Even the security council couldn’t stop the killing machine. Humanitarian aid has failed Palestine over and over again. No one has come to help us.
Having to write this is hard on its own and to reach the point of no return, after we have worked so hard to get to where we are now, feels so dreadful and miserable.
I resent this cruel world so much, but I still do have faith in its people, its free people. I have faith in you. And other who have generously donated to these campaigns.
The good citizens of this world are our only lifeline where every other organization has failed, they have come to our aid.
Life is all about giving. By helping me and my family now, you are being a part of the new chapter of the future change this world needs. The best change-makers are the ones who experience the worst. Palestinians understand oppression and our freedom marks the end of oppression all over the world. I want to survive to see this reality and to be part of the celebration.
Thank you for your kindness, your generosity and for your courage to stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine even when the world powers turned their backs on our suffering.
Please keep supporting Palestine. Don't give up on us. We need you now more than ever.
Thank You,
Yusef
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