Help Save My Starving Family in Gaza. I Can’t Do This Alone

Greetings,

My name is Suliman Adwan, and I am a Palestinian who used to live in Beit Hanoun, North Gaza, until the war began on October 7, 2023. When the Israeli army ordered us to evacuate the city, my entire family, including my parents, siblings, and their families, totalling 35 members, had to leave our multi-storey building in Beit Hanoun and seek refuge in different schools or hospitals in Gaza City. We all had to endure extremely difficult living conditions during this time.

My family and I sought refuge with one of my siblings at the Patient’s Friends Hospital located in central Gaza, specifically in the Rimal area. We endured a brutal bombardment and a siege that lasted more than three months. During this time, we faced a shortage of food, water, and safe shelter. As the bombing intensified near the hospital, my parents, my mother, and my sibling's family decided to flee towards the southern area, where they encountered Israeli tanks. Unfortunately, my father was killed on the road between northern and southern Gaza.

A Photo of the Patient’s Friends Hospital (our shelter) after it was bombarded.

After our father's death, we went through a lot of emotional turmoil and had a hard time retrieving his body from between the tanks. Eventually, we were able to bury him in Deir al-Balah. We spent almost a month in the shelter school there, living under very difficult conditions. Meanwhile, my other siblings ( Zakaria, Ahmed and Ibrahim) and their families had to stay in very cramped shelters in Rafah.

Photos of my bother Zakaria and his children ( Abdullah, Ikram, Mohammed, Monther, Rose, Yahya):

In Rafah Shelter

Before war

Image of my brother Ibrahim's children - Jannah, Mohammed

Image of my brother Ahmed's children - Abdullah, Fatima, Mohammed, and Zainab - in a school shelter. The conditions there are unimaginably challenging, lacking safety, hygiene, and even sufficient food.

Our homes in Beit Hanoun have been destroyed, and all our possessions lost.

Photos of our home after being invaded by Israeli forces and then demolished. Our home was full of flowers everywhere.

Israeli Soldier's Message to My family after Invading and Demolishing Our Home.

From our demolished home, our message to those terrorists and Zionists is clear: we will never surrender.

This campaign was initially launched to support evacuations from Rafah. However, after Rafah was invaded and evacuation became impossible, we redirected all the funds collected and being collected to provide essential living supplies, medication, and basic necessities. We urgently appeal to you to help save our lives, the lives of my siblings, and their families from this devastating war. please read the updates.

I appeal for your financial support in the hope that our suffering will not continue and that we can return to our lives and build our future and the future of our children.

Thank you for your consideration