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Whoever spends in the way of Allah is like a grain that grows seven ears; in every ear are a hundred grains. And God multiplies for whom He wills.

I am your brother, Mahmoud Al-Qassas from Gaza. I kindly ask for your help in repaying a debt I took on to cover the funeral expenses of my 5-year-old son.

My son passed away after falling from the fourth floor. He had been looking out of the room’s window to see how high our apartment was, and he fell from that height. As everyone knows, we are suffering in Gaza, and since I had no money, I borrowed $1,500 to cover the funeral expenses. The amount was spent as follows:

$750 went toward grave digging, the shroud, washing the deceased, and transportation for the burial.

The remaining $750 covered the costs of the condolence gathering for three days.

The person who lent me the money is now asking for it back, and I have nothing to repay him. Therefore, I kindly ask for your help in settling this debt, and I humbly ask you to extend a helping hand to us.

Please help us by donating via PayPal.

A fig tree for pixel dailies.

"Figs are planted in most Palestinian cities. However, it is most common in two districts, Nablus — especially in the village of Tell — and Ramallah — namely in Silwad, which became known as Im-Qutteen (mother of dried figs). Other villages also have names relating to the fig, such as Teeneh (fig). There are also flat areas called masateeh referring to the places where figs are dried to produce qutteen.

The fig has long been linked to Palestinian cultural heritage because it is nutritious and filling, and thus a staple of the Palestinian diet. It was known in Palestine as far back as the Canaanites. Palestinians have their own terms for the fig: while it is forming, the fruit is taqsh, then faj and then ‘ajr. Other used terms are nafal and thbeel.

Old traditional sayings reflect the importance of figs in Palestine. For example: ‘I tasted the first fruit, I hope my life has a long route’; ‘Eat the figs from the early season and the grapes from the late season’;* and ‘If we have qutteen (dried figs), we are safe from hunger.'"

-from The Palestinian Museum which took that info from 'A Garden Among the Hills: The Floral Heritage of Palestine'

Trees, would it be olive trees (which I also have a drawing of) or fig ones are important in Palestine. Just like in other countries, they provide shade, fresh air and produce. But in Palestine, they are also a symbol of resistance - as long as family's tree is growing, they are growing too; as long as the tree is alive, they are alive too.

When Israeli occupiers takes Palestinian's homes that they've built over multiple generations, they take their trees that they groomed too. When IOF drops bombs on civilians, they take trees with them. They uproot the trees, they burn them - because those trees remind them of people they've killed and whose land they have taken.

It seems like the world is slowly growing numb to cries for help; it seems like people are closing their eyes and covering their ears to not see the Palestinian blood on their screens, to not hear them scream. And Israel sees that and continues it's aggression on Lebanon. After all, if they can get away with a year (76 years) of genocide, why not start another one?

Please take any action you can. Protest, boycott, keep your eyes on Palestine and please, please, please donate to Palestinian fundraisers. I have spotlighted one fundraiser, for Falastin's family evacuation funds from Gaza that she organized in late June - it is still very far away from it's goal.

There are 24 family members that depend on that fundraiser. They need not only evacuation funds but also money to buy basic necessities like food and medicine that are very expensive in Gaza right now. Recently Falastin started hearing them talk about waiting for their fate because the funds this campaign gets daily are not enough to ease their suffering and cover evacuation.

Please, do not let it happen. Please, donate and check conversion rates before you do as:

10$ = 103 SEK

25$ = 257 SEK

50$ = 515 SEK

100$ = 1,030 SEK

I've talked about this fundraiser before numerous times, a lot of info can be found on this post [here] or [here].

Vetting info: #282 in El-Shab-Hussein and Nabulsi's spreadsheet [here], #957 in the Butterfly Project spreadsheet [here]

Coming out (2026)

In addition to 15-year-old Nour’s ongoing health issues, Nour’s sister Noha recently developed a severe stomach ulcer due to an infection induced by drinking unsanitary water. This ulcer is causing Noha extreme pain and digestive issues, and if it is not treated very soon, will lead to internal bleeding. This ulcer has gone untreated in order to allot more funds for Nour’s ongoing nebulizer treatments, but it has progressed to the point of literally debilitating pain and serious complications. Let’s raise the cost of treatment ASAP so Nour can continue nebulizer treatments and Noha can live her life again!!

Current: $4,732 out of $4,939 usd (30 May)

Need: $207 usd

New Operators

Rhodes Island Recon, 1★ Collab Welfare Tactician Vanguard

Whether it's hunting or surveying, leave it all to us meow!

Zinogre S Catapult, 5★ Collab Mercenary Guard

Let's get to work full power!

Violet Mizutsune Orchid, 6★ Collab Heavyshooter Sniper

I've already read the mission briefing, leave it to me.

Operator Outfits Update

Total of 6 new outfits, 1 new addition for the Crossover brand, 1 new addition for the Test Collection brand, 1 new addition for the Epoque brand, 1 new addition for the Achievement Star brand, 1 new addition for the 0011/Yun brand and 1 new addition Marthe brand

Crossover

Camping Time Nya! - Rhodes Island Recon

Test Collection

The Bamboo Spiritualist - Popukar

Epoque

Out of Focus - Vulpisfoglia

Achievement Star

The Enigma of Roses - Vendela

0011/Yun

Scent of the Mists - Vetochki

Marthe

Bouncing Rhythms - Wulfenite (Event Reward)

Collab outfits cannot be exchanged using outfit vouchers

Wulfenite's outfit is a reward from Positional Football Championship

Announced outfit reruns

Fly into the Street - Terra Research Commission

Series XXII Epoque outfits (Scene, Mint, Suzuran)

Habitat - Silence the Paradigmatic

Sweet Jackpot - Insider

Operator Modules Update

The new non-1★ operators immediately get their modules

ARC-X module base effect reduces Violet Mizutsune Orchid's redeployment time by 25 seconds The base effect and module designation of the Mercenary Guard module is unknown at the time of writing

Kirin R Yato, Narantuya and Vulpisfoglia get their 2nd modules

EXE-Y module base effect increases Kirin R Yato's ATK by 10% if there are no ally units in the 4 adjacent tiles The base effect of the LPS-Y module is unknown at the time of writing SOL-Y module base effect reduces Vulpisfoglia's initial DP cost by 4

Events and Stories

Thunder in the Azure Dream, a limited collaboration side story event

Orchid and Catapult opened their eyes again, everything around them so unfamiliar— Popukar, Spot, Midnight? Why do you all look different than usual? Land of Illusions, the Curse, the Divine Wheel? There's no record of anything like this in Rhodes Island's database. Hunting, Exotic Beasts, the Lord of Thunder? Good heavens, will we really be able to go home? With endless questions, Orchid and Catapult donned new weapons and embarked on their hunting journey.

A Flurry to the Flame Retrospect, scheduled after Thunder in the Azure Dream

Also confirmed that the [Sharpened by Flame] collab headhunting banner with Kirin R Yato and Rathalos S Noir Corne will also rerun with the event

Positional Football Championship, scheduled after Thunder in the Azure Dream

CC#5 Battleplan Obliteration, scheduled after A Flurry to the Flame Retrospect

Operator Archives update for Surfer, Kroos the Keen Glint and Beagle

Record Restore update for Path of Life

Misc Stuff

Special collab profile icon pack, profile card and collab main menu background + UI theme pack sold in the shop during collab event period

Time to sell the landship