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The IOF has murdered journalist Hossam Shabat. We have frequently relied on Hossam’s courageous coverage in the past. The world owes so much to Hossam for keeping us all informed about the genocide at immense personal risk. He documented the crimes of the occupation, as well as the suffering and resilience of the people of north Gaza. His murder is a tragedy for humanity.

Hossam left a message with his team, for them to release in the event of his death. They released it across social media today. We will leave you with his words.

"If you're reading this, it means I have been killed-most likely targeted-by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old-a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents-anywhere I could.

Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people's side.

By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest-something I haven't known in the past 18 months. I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.

I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories-until Palestine is free."

- For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

throughout my life ive read so many historical stories about jewish refugees from nazi germany where peoples families were separated and never saw each other again despite searching for years after the war, people who were deported to their deaths a day before they were planning to escape, people who acquired the right papers just after it became useless for them anyways, people whos lives depended on the whims of strangers, border guards, officials, workers, passerbys- on whether they would choose to help someone or do nothing. the actual difference between life and death made into completely arbitrary decisions that are out of the control of those suffering, for the most part. this is the type of existential situation that is created when a people are targeted for destruction, like in the genocidal war israel is waging on gaza right now. i cant help but think about everything ive been told about history since i was young when i see what is happening in gaza today. i dont want that to happen to anyone else.

wafa told me earlier today that the situation now is gaza is getting worse and worse for her family members. the other day they were forced to evacuate at 1am and sleep on the street, leaving behind everything they had in their tents because of another idf bombing on areas previously deemed "safe." they have a young infant, salem, with them who was born during the war and has only been exposed to suffering and devastation. salem is sick right now and theres very little access to medicine or any of the resources that a newborn baby needs. its really urgent that they raise enough money to register them for evacuation so they can join wafa in egypt when the border opens soon, god willing.

out of so many arbitrary decisions that life is reduced to under the conditions of a genocide, one of the less arbitrary ones is that anyone on here, especially those in the west who likely have a higher income in a stronger currency than non-westerners, could help someone today escape death.

i really implore people to donate. especially if you have a degree of disposable income or economic security– consider your life circumstances and how much you can actually afford to give to help save something that really can not be monetarily quantified, which is human life. please donate to this campaign and help reach its goal. if you cant donate, share this with someone who can.

(6 june 2024)

€10 towards nada and her children to evacuate gaza. nada reached out to me and is currently at €668 of her goal of €15,000 - please reblog her post here to help her gain some traction

€10 towards khalil’s family and his sister nahla’s family to evacuate gaza. they are currently at €1,266 of the €40,000 goal

€10 towards ahmed and his family to evacuate gaza. he is currently at €6,985 of his goal of €35,000

$10 towards doua’s family to evacuate gaza. currently at $17,369 CAD of their goal of $120,00 CAD

$10 towards crips for esims for gaza. they have been fundraising money to provide esims for palestinians in gaza. donate here. for usd, they ask you to consider donating via p*ypal under jane shi writes

$10 towards helpgazachildren as facilitated by @fairuzfan and their friend hussam who is currently in gaza. hussam has been providing care for his people over the last several months. see information and updates here, and please consider supporting

i know people have been experiencing problems donating to gfms, so if thats the case please take a look at this post for some possible fixes

if you have the means to help more, please see here, here or here to find more campaigns to support. every bit counts

please match and/or reblog! and don’t forget your daily click

receipts below the cut

My last days in #Gaza 💔 at that moment I felt happy and thought the future finally became brighter but it was not!

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