Help displaced Families from Gaza

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as salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. My name is Osama Ahmed Almanie. I come from North Gaza (Beit Lahia) and I am the father of 11 children. Our house (see cover picture) was completely destroyed with everything we own at the beginning of the genocide. After being asked to leave the north, we fled on foot about 20 kilometers to Deir el Balah. Apart from my wife and children, I also have my sick mother with me, who regularly needs medicine. We stayed in Deir el Balah for about 50 days.

We had hardly any help because we couldn't find a place in a school or a UN building and were therefore not on the distribution list. I built a makeshift tent for my family with some wood and plastic sheeting.

It was very cold and at the beginning we had no blankets and no money to buy blankets. Under renewed bombardment, we finally fled to al Nusairat where I built another tent for my family. My eldest son and I slept outside due to lack of space. After 3 days and under renewed bombardment within the so-called safe zone, we fled again to Rafah. From donations collected by my cousin, we set up tents again in Rafah but we didn't have enough blankets and we had to endure the winter in the freezing cold and we became very ill due to the ingress of contaminated rainwater. We lacked and still lack sufficient medical and humanitarian supplies.

At the beginning of May we were displaced again, this time to Al Mawasi. The people were assured that there would be running water and tents and tent hospitals, but that was a lie, because we only found a deserted desert area and had to build new accommodation. There was hardly any clean water and we had to walk for miles every day to get water. I had to take my young sons with me to carry water as it was already limited.

There is simply no safe place in Gaza, we are sick, exhausted, physically and psychologically devastated. I myself have lost 35kg and am struggling day and night to find something edible for my family. Last week we were asked to leave Al Mawasi again. The Israeli army did not give us the opportunity to take our belongings with us after distributing the leaflets and we were shot at. We will never forget that day. We fled to Deir el Balah and waited there for 2 days until the Israeli army withdrew and returned to Al Mawasi. When we arrived in Al Mawasi we found a city of tents that had been razed to the ground. Most of the tents had simply been deliberately rolled over by tanks.

We simply can't take any more and we also have no money to buy food. Here are some prices of the essentials that are barely affordable.

1 bag of charcoal - 40 $

1kg tomatoes - 8$

1 bottle of gas - 300$

1 bottle of shampoo - 25$

1kg sugar or salt - 10$

1 trip with the truck (a few kilometers) costs 200$

Meat is unaffordable and we haven't eaten it for months. Even charging our phones costs money. As soon as we are displaced again, the prices rise at the same time. I have found a way through my cousin to receive money and help not only me and my family but also other people. We ask you, for the sake of Allah, to donate what you can to make this trial easier for us. I am aware that you see the pictures and the videos and hear the news, but to witness ethnic cleansing and mass murder on a daily basis is another thing.

The following pictures and videos show you the circumstances we live under on a daily basis. The makeshift toilet is shared by over 50 people. The heat is currently over 35 degrees and the temperature in the tent can reach 45 degrees. The conditions are simply not humane. We haven't washed ourselves with shampoo for almost 6 weeks. It is not just our family we need the support for they are so many people without any relatives or friends outside Gaza which they can ask for help and also in need which we will also support through your donations.

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

Charity does not diminish wealth, no one forgives another unless Allah increases his honor, and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah unless Allah increases his status.

Sahih Muslim 2588