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<li><strong>Before the War… When Life Was Still Life</strong>
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<div>We once lived a simple, peaceful life in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.
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<div>Our home was small, but full of warmth. My daughter’s tiny footsteps echoed through the hallway. My father’s gentle voice filled our evenings with prayer. I dreamed of finishing my master’s degree, building a small family business, and raising my child with love and stability.
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<div>We didn’t count the days.
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<div>We simply lived them.
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<li>  <strong>The First Month… When the Sky Fell </strong>
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<div>War came without warning.
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<div>At first, we believed it would pass quickly. But the sky did not stop screaming, and the ground trembled beneath us with every strike.
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<div>Before I could even call his name, my father was gone.
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<div>We fled our home carrying only what we could hold: a baby, some documents, and a silence too heavy to describe.
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<div>That was the month I learned what it means when the sky forgets how to be merciful.
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<li><strong>Rafah… The Night Everything Broke</strong>  
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<div>We reached Rafah exhausted, believing we had found safety.
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<div>We were wrong.
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<div>One cold night, a missile struck the place we were sheltering in.
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<div>My daughter, Hoor, died in my arms.
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<div>She was asleep… still holding her toy.
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<div>Alongside her, two little girls from our family — Sham and Mira — were gone in an instant.
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<div>After that night, motherhood became fear.
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<div>I was afraid to love… afraid the sky would take whoever I held next.
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<li> <strong>The First Winter… Life Inside a Tent</strong>  
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<div>Displacement did not happen once.
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<div>It happened again… and again… and again.
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<div>Each tent was smaller than the one before.
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<div>Each night colder.
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<div>Each morning heavier.
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<div>Rain leaked through the roof.
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<div>Wind crept beneath our blankets.
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<div>The ground swallowed our sleep.
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<div>We stopped speaking in full sentences.
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<div>Only glances… only sighs.
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<div><strong>Mid-War… When Survival Replaced Living  </strong>
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<div>We were forced to move again — this time to Deir al-Balah.
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<div>There was no water.
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<div>No medicine.
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<div>No real food.
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<div>The days blurred into each other like an open wound.
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<div>We forgot how to laugh.
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<div>Even saying our names felt too heavy.
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<li><strong>Returning Home… To Nothing</strong> 
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<div>A ceasefire was announced — fragile and uncertain.
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<div>We walked back to Beit Lahia, holding onto hope with every step.
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<div>But our home was gone.
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<div>No walls.
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<div>No memories intact.
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<div>Only ashes and silence.
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<div>We placed a tent over the ruins, as if to say:
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<div>“We are still here… even if nothing else is.”
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<li><strong>After More Than 930 Days… The War Changed Shape </strong>
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<div>More than 930 days have passed.
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<div>The war did not end.
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<div>It only became quieter… and harsher.
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<div>We were displaced not once, not twice — but countless times.
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<div>Each time we carried less.
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<div>Each time we lost more.
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<div>We stopped asking “Where are we going?”
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<div>Because every place became temporary.
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<div>Every place became unsafe.
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<li><strong>When War Turned Into Hunger </strong>
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<div>The bombs did not disappear.
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<div>But something else began to destroy us more slowly:
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<div>Hunger.
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<div>Food became nearly impossible to find.
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<div>Prices rose beyond anything we could imagine.
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<div>A single bag of flour became a luxury.
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<div>We rationed everything.
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<div>We skipped meals.
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<div>We watched our bodies grow weaker… in silence.
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<div>Because even speaking about hunger hurts.
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<li><strong>Exhaustion… Beyond Words </strong>
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<div>This war did not only destroy buildings.
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<div>It exhausted us completely.
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<div>Our strength faded.
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<div>Our patience wore thin.
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<div>Even hope became heavy.
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<div>We are not just tired —
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<div>we are emptied.
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<li><strong>Now… A Tent on Agricultural Land </strong>
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<div>Today, we live on agricultural land.
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<div>Not in a home.
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<div>Not even in a proper shelter.
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<div>There is no infrastructure.
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<div>No clean water.
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<div>No sanitation.
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<div>No safety.
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<div>We built a fragile tent with our own hands.
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<div>It does not protect us from heat, cold, or fear.
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<div>At night, rats move around us —
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<div>close to where we sleep… close to our children.
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<div>This is not life.
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<div>It is survival.
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<li><strong>A Child Born Into War </strong>
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<div>In the middle of all this, my daughter Wod was born.
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<div>There were no celebrations.
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<div>No safety.
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<div>No comfort.
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<div>She has no proper crib.
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<div>No reliable milk.
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<div>No stable environment.
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<div>Wod is alive…
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<div>But she has not yet truly lived.
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<li><strong>Our Goal: $50,000 to Survive and Rebuild  </strong>
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<div>We are trying to raise $50,000 to secure the most basic needs for survival and to rebuild a minimum level of stability.
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<div>This amount will help us:
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<div>Build a safe and durable shelter to replace the fragile tent
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<div>Provide clean water and sanitation
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<div>Secure food for the coming months as prices continue to rise
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<div>Cover medical care and essential supplies
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<div>Support basic needs for our children, especially baby Wod
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<div>This is not about comfort.
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<div>It is about survival with dignity.
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<li><strong>What Remains After All This Time</strong> 
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<div>After more than 930 days:
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<div>We are still here.
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<div>But we are no longer the same.
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<div>We are weaker.
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<div>Hungrier.
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<div>More fragile than ever before.
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<div>Our laughter is gone.
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<div>Our dreams are buried beneath rubble and worn-out tents.
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<li><strong>We Are Not Asking for Much </strong>
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<div>We are not asking for miracles.
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<div>We are asking for the basic things that make us human:
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<div><strong>Safety.</strong>
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<div><strong>Water</strong>.
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<div><strong>Food.</strong>
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<div><strong>Medical care.</strong>
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<div><strong>A future for our children.</strong>
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<div><strong>A door that closes…</strong>
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<div><strong>Not a torn tent in an empty field.</strong>
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<ul>
<li><strong>Help Us Survive </strong>
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<div>Your donation will not stop the war.
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<div>But it can give us something we have lost:
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<div><strong>A chance to live.</strong>
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<div><strong>A chance to protect our children.</strong>
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<div><strong>A chance to rebuild even the smallest part of our lives.</strong>
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<div><strong>Help us survive.</strong>
</div>
<div><br />
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<div>Because after everything we have endured…
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<div>we are still here.
</div>
<div><br />
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<div>And we are still holding on
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