[original post that sof's library (@/folkoftheshelf) is reacting to: Globe Eye News reports: "White House says no "genocide" happening in Gaza." May 13, 2024]
This emaciated body belongs to Amjad Al-Qanou, 3 years old, from Jabalia camp in northern Gaza. He suffers from severe malnutrition. “Pictures speak louder than words.”
There are more than 3,500 other children, like Amjad, who are at risk of death due to the continued Israeli starvation policy in the Gaza Strip.
platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine
edit: @saffronlesbian made a video description for this post!!
[vd: a screen recording of a tweet from the 20th of April 2024 with 2.5 million views, from Ruhi @/ruhi_hi. the caption reads, "This video of this little Palestinian angel celebrating his bday in a refugee camp" followed by three emoji of a smiling face with teary eyes. the video clip is 11 seconds long and shows a one-year-old baby seated on the sandy ground, smiling hugely and clapping his hands while people sing to him from offscreen and a large cake is placed in front of him. stuck into the top of the cake is a decoration that reads "happy birthday" in english. the video has the tiktok handle @/ibrahim.jamal99 visible in it. /end vd.]
thankfully we have raised just enough to cover the evacuation fees of shaima and muhammad's entire family of 15 people (including 10 children)!
now we begin the journey to raise funds for their survival.
as mentioned in the linked post, the genocidal hala travel agency will only allow the family to evacuate if they present the entire sum on august 18th, less than 6 days away!
because the family is currently without a tent, baby formula, and struggling to survive constant bombing in khan yunis, they have to dip into their evacuation fund to survive. despite crossing that threshold, their survival is not guaranteed.
their newborn baby salem has anemia, is immunocompromised, and is severely malnourished because his mother manal is so starved she no longer produces breastmilk. his 5 year old sister salma has a fever, skin rashes, and intestinal problems from drinking unclean water. staying alive during all this costs money.
they even have to pay rent for the dirt their tent sits upon.
@ AMERICANS, EUROPEANS, AND BRITS: YOUR CURRENCY ALLOWS YOU TO MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT HERE!!
LET'S KEEP THIS FAMILY ALIVE!
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I keep saying this but it bears repeating. There are 7,000 aid trucks waiting at the Egyptian border that must be allowed into the Gaza Strip
Please help and save Elieen life. She needs a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible. She suffers from illness every day.
Ahmad and his family need help.
If you can, please donate, or even just reblog @ahmadgaza-1. They need the money, but visibility helps too.
Save our life !!❤️🥹
Note/ A few days ago, I lost my campaign suddenly. The gofundme decided to close it after it had reached $110,000. I only got $44,000 and lost about $70,000. It was not easy after I worked day and night to collect the amount in order to save my family from the war and treat my father. I will now start from scratch and need your support. 🙏🏻💔
Hello again, I am Aseel from Gaza, I live in war, fear and destruction, we have been living for almost a year now but we do not know how long, we have been displaced from our home more than 11 times,
every time I was displaced to another place I prayed that this would be the last, but then came the idea of forced exit to search for safety where there is no safety, we got very tired and our bodies were exhausted, we no longer had the energy to continue, we lived hunger, thirst, cold and all the difficult conditions that humans cannot imagine,
we did not imagine that a day would come when we would live all of this, I lost my family and my childhood home, even my friends are no longer there, I was left alone!! I am looking for salvation from death, I fear death and I dread it, the idea is terrifying to leave your dreams, ambitions and the life you planned for and go from this world, we do not deny death but we do not want to live it now,
I had a beautiful life, suddenly I do not know how I lost my life, we live in a tent that can only accommodate 3 people, made of nylon that no human can bear, just standing in it for more than two minutes during the day is enough to melt you, in addition to insects, diseases and lack of privacy, imagine all this!! Can you live??
In addition, my father had a stroke due to the loss, and my mother also needs care due to chronic diseases and the lack of treatment, and her condition is getting worse. I am the only one who takes care of them. I really fear loss and I do not want to lose, as I lost a large part of my family, my home, my work, and my entire previous life.
We wake up every day to the smell of death, I have been surrounded by tanks and helicopters more than 4 times, each time I do not know how to survive? It seems that my death has not come yet
I do not want to die!! 🥺
Please help me save my life and get out of here, life is impossible
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