Help me evacuate my family from Gaza

Note // This link was created by a friend of mine who lives in Belgium.

My name is Ansam Khaled Abu Khousa.

On October 20th at 8 PM, the Israeli occupation forced us to evacuate immediately and go to the street, which is only a few meters away from the towers that were going to be targeted. And after an hour, in front of our eyes, the Israeli occupation bombed residential towers in the city of Al-Zahraa in the middle of the Gaza Strip, where me and my small family stayed. Fireballs were raining down on the towers every half an hour, or five minutes, or less, or more, depending on the mood of the soldier who saw us from his plane, throwing his fireballs on the towers. We stayed in the street for more than 12 continuous hours, praying to God to save us from death, not knowing where to go, with no place for us and no one for us.

Despite the destruction that befell the city, we remained resilient in our house for 10 days. But the Israeli bombardment and the fireballs forced us to evacuate our house, and we couldn't take anything with us. We left our house with nothing, only our bodies. And we didn't know that we would be displaced multiple times with nothing.

We moved to a school in Deir al-Balah, but there was no place for us due to the high population density inside it, so we had to move again to an abandoned house in Deir al-Balah. We stayed there for more than three months, suffering from food shortages and lack of water. We could only take a shower once a month, and we survived on one meal a day, keeping the bread for the next day. Many times, we ate rice to save the bread for the following day, as it was scarce at that time. But what hurt me and made me cry was when my little daughter asked for a cake on her third birthday, but we didn't have any of its ingredients, and even if we found them, the prices were too high for us to afford due to our difficult financial situation caused by my husband's inability to work. So my daughter kept crying because we couldn't fulfill her simplest rights.

As for my one-year-old daughter, the time for her annual vaccination came, but I was shocked to be told that it was not available in the hospitals, which greatly affected her health as she is currently suffering from anemia. Not to mention my husband's inability to buy food specifically for her due to the exponentially high prices compared to before the war. Until now, I still struggle to provide diapers for my children because of their high prices, which reached more than $100, so I had to use used clothes for them. But that caused my daughter to develop a skin rash, and when I took her to the hospital, the treatment was not available. Until this moment, my children suffer from food and medical shortages, and the lack of clean drinking water is draining us.

Travel expenses: Your generous contributions will help cover the basic travel expenses, ensuring a safe journey for me and my family to a place of refuge and safety.

How you can help us:

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Evacuation Costs: $6,000 per person to pass through the Egyptian borders.

Your contributions will be allocated to ensure a safe passage and evacuation for me and my family from Gaza, and to cover the basic costs associated with their escape from the current dangerous situation.

My family's future and the future of my children are in your hands.