faith for the faithless

Dandelions

I’ve been absent for days — we were suddenly evacuated after the surgical ward at our hospital was targeted. That night was hell.

I came back hoping for a bit of hope… but seeing the donations drop broke me more than I expected.

To the world: Do you think we’re lying? Is the BBC lying?

We’re being killed — in streets, in tents, even in hospitals.

We are human. Educated. We had jobs, dreams. Now we’re just trying to keep our families alive.

Hello my friend, I don't know how to begin this message, as my heart is shattered into pieces. I hope that this message reaches you in good health, far from the pain that fills my life right now.

I’m here, in a strange hospital room, surrounded only by the silence of death. I watch my little child lying on a bed, his innocent body motionless. Only the life-support machine keeps him alive. He can’t breathe on his own, can’t move, and all I feel is the deep sorrow that seeps into my soul with every passing moment.

The doctor spoke to me in a soft, almost hesitant voice, as if asking me to endure more than I can bear: “Either pay for the surgery now, or we’ll have to disconnect the machine.” Do you understand what that means? It means that I will watch my child—the one who was once the light of my life—die right before my eyes. Every moment that passes, I wait for a slow death, my hands tied, unable to save him. His tiny heart, once full of hope, will stop forever in an instant, and I can't do a thing.

Please, don’t leave me to face this nightmare alone. Please, save my child. I have nothing but this cry, these tears that fill my eyes. Any help, even a word, could be the difference between life and death for him.

My heart can no longer bear the pain. I feel as though my soul is leaving my body with every second, watching him suffer while I am powerless to stop it. Please, save my child before this little heart is extinguished forever.

Help me, I beg you, don’t leave me in this darkness.

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Ignoring me means you agree to kill me, my child and my family, I am Hadeel from Gaza 🍉 My husband was killed and I became a widow in this war and my child is an orphan, my mother and I are now homeless, we have been displaced more than 14 times, my child needs milk and diapers every day and I cannot provide them, we are 13 people who need water and food, understand the suffering we are going through and give us 💰 Please talk about my story and write about it to help us survive

Please, after my first campaign was stolen, this campaign I created a short time ago was documented, but it was never published. Please respond to me and help me spread the word. Please donate to us even if it is five dollars, do not ignore us I beg you

$7,116 Raised of $150,000

An unknown individual hacked the 15-year-old Nour’s family's bank account and stole $1000 USD about to be used for Nour's treatment!!

Nour needs to receive this treatment IMMEDIATELY!!!! The treatment costs $800 USD, about $1,142 CAD. We need to raise this money URGENTLY or young Nour could go into HEART FAILURE!!

PLEASE donate what you can, and share the family's campaign as widely as possible!! Copy and paste this link across all your social media platforms and ask your followers and friends for support!! LINK: https://www.gofundme.com/f/4qzqg-help-a-family-from-gaza

Currently: $56,640 CAD

New temporary goal: $57,382 CAD

Need to raise: about $742 CAD or about $518 USD

You can read more about Nour and her family’s situation here and under our tags “#ibtisam al habil” and “#nour al habil”, tagged below

***IMPORTANT NOTE:

PLEASE REMEMBER THE CONVERSION RATE! The campaign is in Canadian dollars (CAD), but the currency of use on the ground in Gaza right now is mostly USD. In order to donate your intended amount of USD, please pay attention to the conversion rate between CAD and USD. In general, $1 USD=$1.43 CAD

To send $10 USD, please donate $14 or $15 CAD

$15 USD-> $22 CAD

$20 USD-> $29 CAD

$50 USD-> $72 CAD

Images: Hossam Al-Quzzaz rebuilt his family's tent after it was destroyed in an airstrike on the night of March 17/18, 2025.

@hos-pal

@bashar-qazaz

@hane-qazaz

Written by @rumiandroses

In the early hours of March 17/18, 2025, the ceasefire in Gaza collapsed. Airstrikes lit up the dark night, killing over 400 people.

Sleeping in their tent in the Khan Kunis displacement camp, the Al-Quzzaz family had a nightmarish awakening: their tent collapsing on top of them, their belongings catching fire from the blast.

Hossam, his wife Hanan, and their four children—Bashar (9), Hani (8), Diana (4), and 4-month-old Habiba—managed to scramble out of the wreckage.

Video: Clip from a ten minute Al-Jazeera video, featuring Hossam, as he recounts the night his family's tent was destroyed in an airstrike.

Original Video: [LINK]

"Miraculously, we survived," Hossam wrote to us the next morning, assuring us he and his family were unharmed. The tent, however, was completely destroyed.

“By the grace of the Creator, we were not physically harmed, but we are psychologically and morally broken,” Hossam wrote in the March 19th update on the family's GoFundMe page. “... our hearts are still trembling until now, because we have lost everything. Our tent was completely destroyed, just as our house was destroyed before, and we are now homeless, without food, without clothes, without money…”

The devastating blow was softened a little by the kindness of others; thanks to everyone who donated to the Chuffed campaign our founder, Bethany Grace, created to help the family rebuild, we were able to send the Al-Qazzaz family $788 (€697.48 after conversion)—enough to start constructing another shelter out of sturdy materials.

Hossam, skilled in construction, has been hard at work for the past few weeks, clearing out the debris and reconstructing the family's shelter with materials he was able to obtain.

Every day, Hossam toiled to rebuild his family's shelter. And every long night, the family could barely sleep as brutal airstrikes continued to light up the night.

“The sounds of bombings are everywhere,” Hossam wrote to us one evening. “And the planes fly at a close distance. And fires everywhere.”

A few days ago, the family was able to move back into their shelter together.

But today, Hossam sent us a message that made our blood run cold:

“The tanks are approaching and are almost a kilometer* or a little more away. If [they] come any closer, we'll get out of there because we'll be within range of [their] fire.”

*Kilometer = 0.62 miles

This precious family, already displaced multiple times for over a year, now might be displaced again, under threat of fire. With no stable income and essential supplies priced beyond reach, the Al-Qazzaz family is fighting a daily battle just to keep their children warm, fed, and safe.

The Al-Qazzaz family is one of countless in Gaza enduring wave after wave of trauma, displacement, and loss. And yet, through it all, they have held onto their dignity, their love for each other, and their will to survive. The support of the online mutual aid community has been a lifeline for them—allowing them to feed their children, find temporary shelter, and begin again each time everything is taken from them.

If you are moved by their story and wish to help, the family has a GoFundMe campaign that directly supports their daily essentials—food, medicine, and immediate needs. Every donation, no matter the size, helps them meet the most basic requirements to keep going in impossible circumstances.

Additionally, a Chuffed campaign, organized by the founder of Gaza Giving Tree, is helping to raise funds specifically to aid the family in either rebuilding yet again or evacuating to safety if that becomes possible. This effort is aimed at long-term stability and survival—a future where the children can sleep without fear.

Please consider contributing to one or both campaigns. Your generosity can be the reason this family has a chance at life beyond war and rubble.

Image: Hossam was able to tell us the exact amount the family needs to evacuate.

Hossam and Hanan Al-Qazzaz and their four children are currently living just 500 meters from an active evacuation zone. Tanks are closing in, and the situation is becoming more dangerous by the hour.

They have been in touch with multiple people to arrange transport, but the cost to evacuate the entire family—Hossam, Hanan, their children, and Hossam’s elderly parents—is 1,000 shekels (around $263 USD).

Time is of the essence. There is still a slim chance of a deal that might keep them in place safely, but if it falls through, they must evacuate immediately to avoid being caught in a deadly crossfire.

Raising the full amount of $265 as quickly as possible will give this family the peace of mind to act without hesitation the moment they need to move.

Please share and donate if you can—every dollar brings them one step closer to safety.

Every day feels like it could be the last, and fear is no longer temporary—it’s a part of me now.

My kids ask, “Why don’t we have a home? When can we go back?”

And I have no answer… I just hold them and pray they stay safe.

The exhaustion isn’t just physical—it’s watching your child grow up in fear instead of play.

I’m not asking for much… just safety. Just a life that feels like life.

#FromTheHeartOfExile

#GazaIsMyPain

$14,548 USD / $30K

this fundraiser is #55 on @/gazavetters's list of vetted fundraisers. [ link to Google Sheets ]