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Im eman from Gaza Palestine 🍉🇵🇸

Palestine, a mother of four children and a wife. I am writing to you with a heavy heart on behalf of my family. We used to live a beautiful life in a quiet home, but the occupation has destroyed everything beautiful in our lives. We have become homeless, without food or drink, and we are no longer able to obtain the most basic necessities of life. We have been displaced dozens of times and live in a tent that is not suitable for the heat of summer or the cold of winter. We have tasted the humiliation and harsh human insult that no human being can bear. We can no longer even obtain clean water or even some food, as days pass without us eating anything. Everything has become very expensive in light of the closure of the crossings and the severe war against us, which no human being deserves to live like this! I launched this campaign because I have great hope that there is still humanity in this world.

These are my children before the war and my beautiful life that has become a memory

This is our beautiful house that was destroyed. 💔

I hope that whoever can donate and share any amount, no matter how small, it will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. ❤️🇵🇸

This is our link to donate. 👇

I'm the sister of Chef Menna… my sister, who despite the bombings, the siege, and living in a tent, still cooks.

She cooks not just to ease our hunger, but to remind us that we are still human.

Under the open sky, with no electricity, no safety, and barely any resources… Menna tries to create life from the ashes of war.

Every dish she makes, every photo she shares, is a testimony of resilience, dignity, and a deep love for life in the face of death.

Her social media page is not just about food — it’s a small window from Gaza to the world.

A window that tells the world: We are still here. We are still alive. We still dream.

If you can follow her, support her, or even share her story, you become a part of a small light in this overwhelming darkness.

Support Menna — from a tent in Gaza, straight to your hearts.💔🥺😭

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2. Every time people said I was pretty, I thought of everything ugly swarming beneath my clothes.

The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

3. My father and I are more alike than I'd care to admit, and whenever I feel Pure rage, I know I am my father's daughter.

4. I wasn't beautiful anymore.

Now I looked like what I was, a raw wound.

5. "I think I wait for people to hurt me," she said quietly, "and when they do I feel a certain smugness at being right. And after that, I just feel pain." — Sue Zhao

6. in another universe I'm easier to love

7. Nothing had changed. I was the stupid one again. [highlight] I was the girl who never understood who she was to people. [end highlight]

Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I'm Home

8. "I don't know what's going to come out of me," I told her. "It has to be perfect. It has to be irreproachable in every way."

"Why?" she said.

"To make up for it," I said. "To make up for the fact that it's me."

9. i make coffee. i pretend i'm in love with the idea of being alive. i make a point not to stare at the knives sitting on the counter top by the stove.

Israel targeted and killed 7 children and 4 adults waiting for water in a drone strike while crowds of people attempted to retrieve clean water from a water truck on July 13th. Water shortages are becoming worse. Fuel shortages are heavily affecting desalination sanitation facilities. People are now dependant on collection centres.

That massacre was just one of several in a 24 hour period on July 12th and 13th. The Health Ministry in Gaza reported that 139 bodies have been brought to hospitals within that 24 hour period.

(Source: The Electronic Intifada)

In Gaza, just standing to receive water, or a food package is a death sentence. And yet the world is silent and complicit in this horror.

The alternative for this is buying food for crazy, expensive prices nobody can bear alone. Keep in mind, there is no income in Gaza.

Youssef ( @yosefgaza122 ) requires urgent donations. Him and his family are human too. His wife Hanan, and children Lana, Aboud and Adam aren't numbers. They have a story to tell (read here).

But the world is unsympathetic and unkind. The world has blocked their ears and eyes to the pain, suffering and extermination in Gaza.

They have only raised 11% of their goal, hardly enough to sustain the prices Youssef describes;

"Dear friend, we are living in a state of high prices in Gaza. Your donation is very important and necessary for my family. Every generous donation will save us from famine. Prices are exorbitant. Prices of basic commodities in Gaza today, Saturday, July 19 1 kg of flour: 200 shekels (£60) 1 kg of sugar: 400 shekels (£120) 1 kg of pasta: 100 shekels (£30) 1 kg of lentils: 80 shekels (£26) 1 kg of rice: 150 shekels (£45) 1 kg of tomatoes and eggplant: 90 shekels (£24) 1 kg of potatoes: 100 shekels (£30)."

The donations they are currently receiving are not enough to cover these costs. Youssef is vetted, (#591) on the @/gazavetters list.

The more shares, the more donations, the more we are helping aid get food a family in need. The more we are feeding three innocent children - be the reason they can eat.

(Please share this image, scan the QR code to donate)

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My name is Abdulmajid.

I got married one month before the war. Those were beautiful days — full of hope, love, and simple dreams. I dreamed of a small home, a quiet family, and a baby girl I could hold without fear.

But the war came… Suddenly. Brutally.

My mother was killed. My brother was killed. Children in my family were taken by the bombs. My home was destroyed. And my work stopped completely.

Then… in the middle of this nightmare, my baby girl was born. A tiny soul, innocent, unaware of the war. She cries from hunger, from cold, from the sounds of bombs shaking what’s left of our walls.

Today, I’m a father with almost nothing… Fighting every day to find flour, milk, or even a small meal to feed my child.

Prices are sky-high — a single 25kg bag of flour can cost $800. There is no work. No income. No safety. No stability.

I write this from under siege, hoping my heart will reach yours.

Even $1 can make a difference. It can feed a child, buy milk, or bring a moment of peace. Be the heart that reaches Gaza. Be the hand that saves.

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These tiny parrots are only 8 cm (3 in) in length. (This measurement does not include the tail feathers).

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Nobody tell him... 🪶

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Gaza's children go to bed hungry and wake up with an unquenchable thirst... not enough food, not enough clean water to drink. Emaciated bodies and eyes searching for hope... Save childhood from under the rubble. #GazaUnderSiege #SaveGaza'sChildren

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters,@90-ghost my number verified on the list is ( #430 )✅️

Once again, we face the pain of displacement.We lost everything. We left with no shelter, no clothes, no safety.

My children carried nothing but fear… and tears.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to everyone who stood by us during this painful time.

My children send you their tears and their gratitude… You are our only hope. 💔🙏

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