<div>Yes, the news from Gaza is sad and overwhelming - but you can make a real difference to folks who are just like you.

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<div>Please consider donating to my GoFundMe for a family I personally know in Gaza who are trapped, starving and suffering. 

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<div>Up until now, the close-knit Abu Khalil family: an elderly father, ten siblings and thirty grandchildren had managed to keep going - despite the heartache of: losing their homes, ongoing health worries and the children's trauma from the bombs and fighting.

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<div>Mostly because one son made it out of Gaza, and has been working hard, sending back every dollar he can to support his family.  

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<div>I know how proud they are. How little they want to ask for help. 

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<div>But this week, the family have hit their breaking point. Here's what one son wrote me, and what I share with his permission: 

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<div>"I never imagined I’d fear for my father’s life not only from the ongoing war, but from hunger and a lack of medicine.

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<div>Since I left Gaza with my wife and children last year, I’ve managed to support my father and family back home. But this past week has been the hardest of all.

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<div>A few days ago, my younger brother called me in distress:

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<div>'We have nothing left to eat, and I can’t find any medication for dad’s blood pressure or diabetes.'

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<div>That call was a nightmare. The overwhelming sense of helplessness I felt and still feel is unbearable.

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<div>Like tens of thousands of others who had to leave Gaza, I now find myself unable to protect those I love most.

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<div>My father is still in Gaza, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

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<div>We are a family of ten siblings and thirty children, to feed the family one meal a day, costs around $300 per day, an amount I simply cannot afford anymore.

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<div>I’m reaching out, humbly and with a heavy heart, to ask for help.

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<div>A small contribution could mean a child doesn’t sleep hungry or that my father gets his medicine.

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<div>Anything you can give would mean the world to them.'

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<div>I know how hard it was for him to write that. To ask me, to let me ask you.

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<div>Please let's do this. Let's raise 300 USD a day and keep one family alive. 

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<div>In times like these, food can be had...maybe even medicine...but only for what is to most, an impossible sum of money. Think what it would be for us to buy a Billionaire SuperYacht. 

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<div>But just as Bezos can afford a superyacht handily, so too can we afford to buy food and medicine in Gaza. Let's help one family where we can, while we can now. 

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<div>For those of you who know me, or who don't; I worked for the BBC for over 20 years. For the last 4 of my career, I was based in Jerusalem, running the BBC's day-to-day operations in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. I know the region well, I know Gaza well. I have people I trust helping with this. 

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<div>If you give to this cause, I promise you the money will go to people I vouch for personally. There are no Hamas supporters hiding in the shadows. 

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<div>Every Sunday, I'll take what we've raised, and I'll transfer it to the family. And let's all pray the prices don't keep going up and there's a ceasefire and an end to this war soon. 

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<div>Children should not starve when there is food to eat. 

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<div>Old People should not die, for lack of a blood pressure pill. 

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<div>When we can, we should help. 

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<div>I'm happy to answer any questions anyone has. 

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