I am Bashar Sharif Qudaih. I am 21 years old and I'm from the Gaza Strip. I have 4 siblings. Ever since my childhood, my life has been spent in wars, living through one war after the other.

I finished high school and was almost done with my college education. I was working on my graduation but unfortunately, I couldn't finish my education because of the overwhelming aggression that destroyed all learning paths in the strip. On the 7th of October all of us, young and old had to leave our lovely homes in our town Khiza'a to other refuge areas in the strip. We took refuge in Abbasan city and after one day we were told by the occupation to evacuate the area immediately then we were displaced to Khan Yunis city, making it the third time we were displaced. I could not return to my house due to the amount of destruction the occupation had done to it during the ceasefire.

The refugee camp that I stayed in after I was displaced felt like a jail cell. After displacing for the fourth time to refugee camps in Rafah city and spending around 80 days there, we had to displace again for the fifth time to Al-Mawasi in Khan Yunis like how the IOF wanted, due to the danger in Rafah. We stayed under the title of "people of the tents" (as refugees).

Everything we have accomplished as a part of our dream was destroyed by the war. My father, God keep him safe, used to work from morning till sunset to bring us food every day, and to build our house. It has been a year since we built a very beautiful house, but in just a few days we received news about the bulldozing of border areas which included our house! just like that, our memories were gone in the blink of an eye!

Afterward, we received news about the complete destruction of my dad's workplace, only rubble was left of it. We had no source of income anymore.

Since the beginning of the war, I've done many initiatives for the displaced refugees in camps, and my only request right now from anyone who can help us is to please donate so I can collect the donations to help me and my family stay in Gaza, rebuild our life here and stay alive each day after the other in the camps we live in. The money I receive will be used to find a place for my family to stay in and for me to finish my college education.

Thank you all for your help, may you stay well.

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