Please help Younis's family evacuate from Gaza!

Younis Firwana is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hello! My name is Mandy Hancock. I'm the wife of Dr. Younis Firwana, who lives in the United States . I started this fundraiser to raise money for their family, who are trapped in the basement of a house in north Gaza and are desperate to get out of there. They include toddlers and children, several of whom are blind.

Younis's 19 family members are taking cover on the ground floor of a house full of at least 50 people. All they hear every day is bombing and shooting outside. Younis's sister Haya, whose husband recently died in an airstrike, explains what it's like to live in those terrible conditions in the video below.

Now they’re eating birdseed to survive because there’s hardly any food left in North Gaza. They haven’t seen any fruit or vegetables for months. It's dangerous for them to go outside for very long because it’s a free-fire zone where drones kill people without warning. There are dead bodies and the smell of death everywhere.

They’ve witnessed terrible things that no adult should ever have to witness, let alone children like these:

North Gaza is incredibly dangerous now. We can hear the terrifying sounds of bombs blowing up and shooting in the background whenever we talk to them on the phone. Younis's family doesn’t want to burden anyone, but they’re desperate and scared, with bombing and shooting intensifying day by day. Imagine if it was you or your family in this terrible situation, constantly facing fear, hunger, and chronic stress. How can they even sleep at night, knowing that at any second, a bomb could hit the house and kill them all or bury them in rubble?

Younis's family members were displaced from their beautiful family home in North Gaza, which got bombed a few months ago. They were the last people who left where their house was after many houses were bombed there.

They heard ominous reports of an Israeli ground invasion coming, and then it happened. Luckily, they escaped to stay with relatives in North Gaza, but the situation there is becoming unbearable. Yasin filmed what was left of their house, which you can see in the video below.

Younis's sister Haya got married just two months before the war. Her husband, Mohammed Abu Rahma, was killed when their family’s house was hit by an airstrike. You can see Mohammed and Haya's wedding photo below.

Younis is studying medicine in the U.S. because he wants to help people. He studied medicine in Malaysia and Australia and was licensed abroad. Google his name (Younis Firwana) to see his published medical papers and credentials. He's serving in the US Navy as a hospital corpsman in Texas until he can get licensed as a doctor here.

Younis hasn’t seen his Mom since he started studying for a master’s degree in neuroscience in Malaysia six years ago. His Mom hasn’t yet met our children, her grandchildren. She hoped we could visit Gaza to meet them and celebrate our marriage this year. Now I’ll never see the once-beautiful Gaza. Below is Younis's sister-in-law, brother, and Mom.

Younis's family can’t take it anymore. They asked us if we can help them leave Gaza for Egypt. We need to raise money for 19 family members so they can pay the Egyptian border officials to let them out of Gaza. It costs up to $8,000 to get every adult out of Gaza now. Every little bit helps and will bring them tears of joy for your generosity. I know they will say many prayers for you in the days to come. Thank you very much for reading and may your donations bring blessings to you and to those in your life.