Help my family survive and start a new life

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Hello everyone, I hope you take a minute to read our story.

I’m Hashem Al-Shawish, trying to save my family from the war

We’re a family of 8 members, me, my mother, and I have 4 brothers and two sisters.

Islam (30) years old

Hazem (27)

Samer (29)

Mohammad (35)

Nisreen (37)

Noor (36)

And for my close family I’m married and I have a newborn baby (Omar).

Two of my brothers, Islam and Hazem , had a supermarket that was the source of income for the family. During the war, it was destroyed and we lost our source of income.

Days passed, and these days were very difficult for everyone in the my family, My father, who suffers from high blood pressure and diabetes, is paralyzed due to a fractured pelvis. After the bombing of our house by the Israeli army, my father, who is paralyzed and his entire family went terrified, fleeing to my sister’s house in Khan Yunis. My father became very sad about his home, which led to him suffering a stroke, which resulted in a stroke. He was unable to speak and his health condition deteriorated further. After that, the Israeli army ordered him to move to Rafah, and so the entire family was displaced, in addition to my sister, her husband, and her children, to Rafah, and they lived in a small tent in light of the cold weather, which affected my father’s health even more and his health condition deteriorated. More and he was transferred to the hospital more than three times due to a chest infection, which led to my father’s death in the tent.

Me and my wife (Samer) enduring incredibly challenging circumstances. Since October 7th, our home has been destroyed and we’ve been displaced five times, forced by the Israeli army to flee to southern Gaza. Eventually, we found ourselves fleeing to a small tent, sleeping on sand amidst crowded conditions, severe cold, and the sound of explosions.

Samar gave birth prematurely in her eighth month of pregnancy, delivering our first child, Omar, in February 2024. Providing Omar with basic necessities like clothing and diapers has been difficult, compounded by the poor quality of available diapers, leading to a skin rash.

we never imagined Omar would be born in a tent, which has affected his health due to environmental pollution and severe cold, resulting in hospitalization for respiratory complications and pneumonia, requiring 5 days of intensive care.