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<div>"I’m Hassan... Telling You My Story from Under the Rubble"
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<div>My name is Hassan Sheikh Khalil, I’m 22 years old, and I’m from Gaza.
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<div>Maybe my voice doesn’t reach far, but today, I want to share my story — hoping it reaches someone with a kind heart.
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<div>I used to live with my family in a small home — full of love and warmth.
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<div>My older brother, Zuhdi, may God have mercy on him, was my strength.
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<div>He supported the family. He was the one I turned to when I was tired or broken.
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<div>But the war took him from us...
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<div>He was martyred, and I never even got to say goodbye — not the way people should say goodbye to those they love.
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<div>After Zuhdi died, everything fell on my shoulders.
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<div>Our house was partially destroyed. The walls that once protected us are cracked and broken.
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<div>The neighborhood I used to play in is now filled with ash and silence.
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<div>But I didn’t leave — because we have nowhere else to go.
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<div>And because now... I have to be the one who stays standing.
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<div>Today, I’m responsible for my sick mother and my little sister, who asks me every night,
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<div>“Why didn’t Zuhdi come back?”
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<div>I run around every day looking for any kind of work.
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<div>Sometimes I find nothing.
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<div>Sometimes I come home with empty hands — but a heart full of pain.
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<div>Hunger has become part of our daily life.
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<div>Exhaustion is the new normal.
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<div>I often don’t eat, just to leave more food for my mother and sister.
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<div>But honestly? I’m tired. Really tired.
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<div>Every day, I walk through the rubble and speak to myself,
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<div>“Zuhdi... if only you were still here, everything would be easier.
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<div>But you’re gone... and I have to keep going alone.”
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<div>I’m not sharing this for pity.
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<div>I’m sharing it because we’re human.
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<div>We’re not just numbers or headlines on the news.
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<div>I’m a young man with a dream — but no opportunity.
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<div>With a heart — full of pain.
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<div>I’m Hassan Sheikh Khalil, from Gaza.
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<div>Living under siege, under rubble...
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<div>But still trying to stand tall — even if it’s just me.
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<div> Please help me and my family.
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<div>Any donation or support means the world to us.
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"Under the rubble, I live — help Hassan."

"Under the rubble, I live — help Hassan."

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