<div>Peace be upon you, my friends. I am yousef Abu Sharekh, currently residing in Belgium, and I am conveying the message of my niece and her siblings who are living in Gaza amidst the genocide.

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<div>My name is Mariam, and I write these words from beneath the rubble of fear, hunger, and death in Gaza.

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<div>I don’t write only on behalf of myself, or my siblings Taha, Mohammad, Noor, and Youssef, or my mother and father…

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<div>I write on behalf of every person in Gaza who is fighting death every single day—not because we are guilty, but simply because we were born here.

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<div>In one moment, everything collapsed—

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<div>Our home, our school, our memories, our future.

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<div>The occupation erased everything… except the pain, the hunger, and the fear.

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<div>We are not living anymore…

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<div>We are just trying not to die.

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<div>•	No food.

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<div>•	No clean water.

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<div>•	No medicine.

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<div>•	Not even a sense of safety.

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<div>Bread—the simplest of things—has become a dream we chase.

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<div>Our children are starving.

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<div>Their empty stomachs swell from malnutrition, their frail bodies are wasting away, and their eyes search for even a small bite… but find nothing.

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<div>My little brother Youssef (10 years old), who once dreamed of becoming a football player, now runs after water trucks, hoping for a piece of bread or a sip of dirty water.

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<div>My sister Noor (7 years old) doesn’t play anymore.

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<div>Her thin body aches more from hunger than from anything else.

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<div>And they are not alone.

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<div>Every child in Gaza is withering away before their mother’s eyes.

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<div>Fathers are collapsing because they can’t provide food.

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<div>Mothers hold back tears to keep their families from falling apart.

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<div>We are facing a real famine:

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<div>•	Children rapidly losing weight

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<div>•	Diseases spreading from malnutrition and polluted water

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<div>•	Immune systems collapsing—sleeping hungry, waking up hungrier

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<div>•	Mothers starving themselves to feed their kids…

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<div>•	Fathers breaking down because they can’t bring home a loaf of bread

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<div>Taha and Mohammad, like thousands of young men in Gaza, no longer dream.

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<div>They struggle only to keep us alive one more day—fighting for a sip of clean water and a piece of bread.

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<div>We are writing to you from the edge of life.

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<div>We are asking for your support—not just to save our family, but to save everyone trapped in this nightmare.

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<div>All we ask for is life. Just life.

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<div>•	To eat.

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<div>•	To drink clean water.

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<div>•	To wear clothes that protect us from the sun and cold.

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<div>•	To receive medicine when we’re sick.

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<div>•	To return to school… to dream again.

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<div>In Gaza, the word “hunger” no longer describes our reality.

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<div>We are not talking about missing a meal…

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<div>We are talking about days that pass with no food at all.

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<div>Help us survive… Don’t let us die slowly.

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<div>Even a small donation can keep a little heart beating.

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<div>Even the smallest act of kindness can save a life.

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Anonymous

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