Save Muhammad's family and his eight-month pregnant wife

Mohammed Alshawish is organizing this fundraiser.

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Greetings to all of you…

I hope you take a minute of your time to read our story... I am Mohamed Al-Shawish, and I am trying to save my family, my wife, and my children from the war. We are a family of 8: my mother and my siblings. Islam is 35 years old, Hazem is 27 years old, Samer is 29 years old, Hashem is 31 years old, Nasreen is 37 years old, and Noor is 36 years old.

I am married to Touha Al-Hato and have 3 children: Suhail, 7 years old; Jowan, 4 years old; and Azad, 2 years old.

We used to have a beautiful, clean, and spacious home, and my children lived a comfortable and peaceful life, far from problems and the chaos of the world. But after the war, we experienced all forms of poverty and displacement. They were deprived of their toys, belongings, and the room they preferred to stay in rather than being with others. Instead of their toys, they started using medicine boxes, torn paper as pretend money, and food cans as makeshift toys. They grew up too soon, losing their childhood in an instant. They took on responsibilities like adults and began helping me with carrying water and the burdens of life, understanding the exhaustion I endure for their sake. They became aware of our emotions while still young.

Your donations and our exit from Gaza might help us restore the life that the occupation army deprived them of, forcing us to flee to the south.

My siblings and I had a small shop, which was our source of income, but it was destroyed during the war, leaving us without any income.

The days passed, and they were extremely difficult for my family. My father suffers from severe chronic conditions and complete paralysis. After the occupation army ordered us to evacuate from the north to the south, we moved under bombardment and fear in the first week of the war to my sister's house in Khan Younis. This had a significant impact on us and my father’s health. You can imagine how hard it is to move a bedridden patient. Later, we learned that our house had been completely destroyed. My father’s grief worsened his condition, leading to a stroke. The medications prescribed by the doctor were unavailable, leaving my family and I in shock. His life became endangered, and worry consumed us all.

The Israeli army then ordered us to move to Rafah, in the far south. We all moved into a tent, enduring the cold weather. After 100 days of war, we are now living in a situation that fills us with fear, anxiety, discomfort, and insecurity in a tent made of sheets and wood.

My father couldn't bear the cold and constant moving, and he passed away. We couldn’t handle the news and broke down in tears. Due to the large number of people in the tent, I became separated from my wife and children, who went to her family’s house. We didn’t see each other for 3 months because of the continuous bombardment and rain. She waited for me with her family, hoping the war would end, but it has continued until now.

I began searching for a tent to reunite with my wife and children. But since I had no money, we contacted organizations for help in providing wood and tarpaulins. Thankfully, one of the organizations helped us. I moved into the tent with my wife and children, separated from my family, and we have been living together since September 3.

Later, the occupation army ordered us to evacuate again, moving from one place to another until we ended up in a tent in Khan Younis.

By God's grace, we are now expecting a new baby. My wife is in her sixth month of pregnancy, and I am asking for donations to help me protect her and our children from this brutal war by getting them out of Gaza. Due to the constant moving, stress, and hardship we face, her pregnancy has reached a critical point, and her cervix has opened. She also suffers from poor nutrition, and her iron levels have dropped to 8.9. Additionally, her sodium levels are increasing, making the pregnancy dangerous.

As if that wasn’t enough, she has developed a full-body allergy with no available treatment to relieve the itching, sensitivity, and pain. She's even afraid to take paracetamol due to fear of worsening her condition.