Support Mohamed’s Survival During Gaza War !

My name is Mohamed Elshorfa and I am currently seeking your help with my living expenses throughout the war in Gaza and saving up to leave once the Rafah border crossing opens again. I am currently homeless, hungry, sick, in danger, alone, and scared.

After living in Egypt my whole life, I moved with my family to my hometown of Gaza one month prior to the war in order to find work. As a Palestinian, I was never able to obtain an Egyptian residency and as a result, I was never able to obtain a work permit in Egypt. Of course, now with the war in Gaza there are no prospects for employment and I have no means for surviving.

When we first came to Gaza, we rented an apartment and we spent much of our savings fixing and furnishing the place. At that time I was actively and desperately searching for employment. After settling in for only a few weeks we received the urgent news that we needed to evacuate immediately. Fearing for our lives, we left with just the clothes we had on.

Unfortunately, the apartment was bombed and everything, including all our personal belongings and clothes, was completely destroyed.

Our hard journey began with fleeing from one place to another, barely surviving on what food we were able to find and afford. Food and clean water are very scarce and expensive.

After a few months, my family was able to leave through the Rafah border crossing but I was not. Now, I am alone with no way to contact my worried family as the internet connection is too expensive.

As you may be aware, prices are extremely inflated because of the war and the blockade and it is nearly impossible to purchase basic necessities such as food and drink due to the prices and scarcity. Some days I live on canned food, some days on tomatoes and onions, and some days I don’t find food at all, or can’t afford it. I have lost a lot of weight and muscle mass. I feel very weak and sick.

As of right now I am essentially homeless, living outside with no tent by the beach. I wake up some mornings with many bug bites and bugs all over me. Recently we have been experiencing extreme heat in Gaza which has been very uncomfortable.

My living conditions are extremely difficult and unsanitary. There are no bathrooms or showers available for me because clean water is too expensive. My whole body aches, is itchy and is very dirty. I don’t bathe, brush my teeth, or have clean clothes.

With your help, I will be able to buy a tent, some medicine, food, clean water, etc.

All of this is not even accounting for the extreme danger I am facing. Gaza is under very heavy bombardment. To say I am mentally and physically exhausted from never-ending fear, the traumatic things I have seen, and the constant sounds of bombing would be an understatement. I will never be the same as I once was. I plan to save part of your donations to use to leave Gaza if they hopefully open the Rafah border crossing again.

Your help is much appreciated

This chair is my bathroom chair, and the yellow gallon is how we collect drinking water. Finally, the white thing I was wearing is to save my body heat. Please Help me Survive.