Help my family live to escape the war in Gaza.
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Dear compassionate community,
We are urgently reaching out to support our family in Gaza. My aunt, uncles, and cousins are in Gaza and they need our help to live through tomorrow. All donations will be used to help them leave Gaza alive and seek refuge elsewhere.
Please see the letter my cousins wrote about their experience in Gaza during this war below:
3 months of torment, from contemplating the sky, the flames, the planes, and the rain, down to the burning firewood that heats our food and our senses, thinking about our old homes and our lives, turning to each other to console each other over the loss of a friend, and praying for friends under the rubble to continue living. We hear of the loss of our homes. We sleep with tears in our eyes. We wake up and dance the Palestinian Dabke to move our bodies and souls, but we also cry. Then we are busy cutting wood to light firewood. We hear news of our friends on the radio at night. We do not know how to communicate with them. We are unable to console a dear person for the loss of a loved one, and we do not know anything about members of our family for two months. We do not know every minute whether we will be alive or not. We saw an injured person and ran to him. We could not call an ambulance. We tried to stop the bleeding with our cloths, but we could not. So we tried with our hands, but we could not. We begged him to tell us his name, so we could tell his mother and father that he loved you. Our tears stopped the bleeding when they mixed with blood, but it was too late. Today our eyes are not on the sky, but on you to help us. You are heaven now to get us out of this hell.
For more details or if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.
Your kindness is a beacon of hope for our family. Thank you for your compassion.
Heba, Mona, and Aya Elalami
We are urgently reaching out to support our family in Gaza. My aunt, uncles, and cousins are in Gaza and they need our help to live through tomorrow. All donations will be used to help them leave Gaza alive and seek refuge elsewhere.
Please see the letter my cousins wrote about their experience in Gaza during this war below:
3 months of torment, from contemplating the sky, the flames, the planes, and the rain, down to the burning firewood that heats our food and our senses, thinking about our old homes and our lives, turning to each other to console each other over the loss of a friend, and praying for friends under the rubble to continue living. We hear of the loss of our homes. We sleep with tears in our eyes. We wake up and dance the Palestinian Dabke to move our bodies and souls, but we also cry. Then we are busy cutting wood to light firewood. We hear news of our friends on the radio at night. We do not know how to communicate with them. We are unable to console a dear person for the loss of a loved one, and we do not know anything about members of our family for two months. We do not know every minute whether we will be alive or not. We saw an injured person and ran to him. We could not call an ambulance. We tried to stop the bleeding with our cloths, but we could not. So we tried with our hands, but we could not. We begged him to tell us his name, so we could tell his mother and father that he loved you. Our tears stopped the bleeding when they mixed with blood, but it was too late. Today our eyes are not on the sky, but on you to help us. You are heaven now to get us out of this hell.
For more details or if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.
Your kindness is a beacon of hope for our family. Thank you for your compassion.
Heba, Mona, and Aya Elalami
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Heba Elalami
Organizer
Simi Valley, CA