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Please help my family in Gaza, who desperately need help

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Hello friends, my name is Shahd. I am 20 years old and from the Gaza Strip. Every day the morning sun would rise upon us with a new life, hope, and a new dream. We were happy with our simple life despite the difficulties, but the occupation wouldn't leave us alone. A bad morning fell upon us. It was October 7th, and darkness began to descend on us from all sides. A place of death, hunger, bombing, displacement, and dispersal. My family and I were in our warm home with 9 other people. We were safe there, but soon the bombing and shelling began around us, and the smell of death filled us. Our neighborhood and our home were bombed, and tear gas was on our heads, forcing us to leave. We left the house and moved to a tent in Rafah and to shelters that the occupation claimed were safe, but not a single inch of the Gaza Strip was safe. Our home was destroyed, and I lost people dear to my heart in this war, and I suffered from other things. Conditions in the tent were dire. There was no food, no clean water, and no medicine for my sick sisters, who needed constant treatment. They were now receiving expired medication if available. My father also had medication for me. After that, I left for Ireland with my brother for treatment abroad. My family lives in a squalid tent, and they don't have the money to meet even their most basic needs or provide treatment for my siblings.

My father and sisters' business, a mechanics workshop that provided income for our household, was destroyed along with the house. My father's business and project were lost, and now he can't feed my siblings' children because of the war and what happened to us. We have no income, and they face death in all its forms: hunger and fear. I hope this will help me evacuate my family from Gaza, save their lives, and provide for their needs, medication, and a decent life.

As for my dream of studying, it has been shattered. I finished high school in 2023 with a grade of 88% in the science stream. I was excited to enter university, but the war decided otherwise. Here I am now, without a dream or an education, wasting years of my life. Now I also hope you can help me with this matter, because it greatly affects me and crushes my morale, so that I don't lose my dream and my education since childhood. As for my brother, Mohammed, who is 12 years old, he lost his right hand when he was a young child, through no fault of his own. My young brothers, Mohammed, Sham, and Karam, suffer from weak immunity, lack of treatment and care, and a lack of water and food. I hope you will help them, and anyone with a heart who can help my family in any way, or even get them out of Gaza. I have seen them. I miss my family so much, and my heart bleeds because I am unable to help them while I see them dying and starving.

As you know, even evacuating my family from the death, hunger, and displacement they face and leaving Gaza is a huge expense. This message is from my family, Mohammed, and my young brothers. I hope you will help us and donate to us, even a small amount. This will impact our lives and keep us alive. It will reach us and meet our needs in these difficult circumstances. Thank you for your donation.
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    Shahad Anwar
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    County Dublin

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