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Couples kept apart by the war in Gaza

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The Guardian profiles Wijdan Abu Matar, 43, who fled Gaza with eight children for medical treatment while her injured husband, Hatem, remained in Nuseirat. An Israeli strike on 17 October 2023 hit the al-Muhandseen tower near their home, injuring every family member; daughter Nour, 15, suffered a fractured skull and brain bleeding and spent about 33 days in intensive care, while five-year-old Amna had severe chest burns and Amna and three-and-a-half-year-old Aysel were treated at a different hospital for 15 days. Wijdan travelled to Egypt on 30 November 2023 with Nour; months later she gathered her children in one apartment but remains separated from Hatem, who is displaced in a tent and has a serious leg injury limiting his mobility. Hatem stopped receiving a salary 10 months ago and Wijdan has no regular income, relying on donations and struggling to afford Nour’s medication and school transport for five children. Wijdan says she has lost 35 members of her family in the war and describes being exhausted by bearing both parental roles; poor internet in Gaza also makes phone contact with Hatem intermittent. The article places this family's story in the wider toll of the conflict, noting the 7 October Hamas attack killed 1,200 people and citing Gaza health ministry figures of at least 73,783 Palestinians killed and 174,738 wounded, and an independent UN inquiry that found Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
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Israel killed my father and brother. A year after the 'ceasefire', I cannot reach their graves - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-killed-my-father-and-brother-year-after-ceasefire-i-cannot-reach-their-graves

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Resist 🕎🍉
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A message from Gaza by Ahmed Azmy and Ramadan They ask that their message be shared, they suffer from lack of food and water, their families say that even the smallest donations will make a difference. Ahmed Azmy - shorturl.at/sNQKf Ramadan - shorturl.at/k4IjB (Identities verified ✅)

2319h ago
Micheeel
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I am a nurse from Gaza; I treat everyone’s wounds for free, yet I find no one to tend to my own.💔😭😣 My husband is a prisoner, and I have been devastated by the loss of several members of my family.😔 Please, help me so that I can provide for the rest of my family. ✅✅molly chuffed.org/project/164115

A medical professional in scrubs assisting a child sitting on a bed. Text overlays promote support for nurses serving families and treating the wounded without pay. A QR code in the bottom right corner links to the fundraiser on chuffed.org
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Quoting this
Chantal James5

Nurse Sally is so special among us. She is one of the women in Gaza who supports a family with her husband stolen from them as Israel’s prisoner, & she also does the hard ugly healing work with the victims of her people’s genocide in the ER. She must have help surviving as she helps others. Give.

Chantal James3

Nurse Sally needs so much care. She is a professional caretaker burdening herself with trauma treating the most serious wounds from the genocide for no pay because she loves her people, with her husband imprisoned, family members martyred, & starving kids. She needs to be seen & supported. Give..

Jayce2

Share and support if you’re able, help is slow and her outreach is small chuffed.org/project/1641...

Uplifting News
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Acute child malnutrition in Gaza has been cut in half, showing the life-saving impact of sustained humanitarian aid reaching families in crisis.

1522h ago
Raimo Kangasniemi
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"STARVATION HAS BECOME A BUSINESS. Gaza is starving. And while Palestinians struggle to find food, commercial goods are being sold into Gaza at prices desperate families can scarcely afford."

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Emilio Casalicchio
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Palestine activists disrupted a talk a human rights barrister gave this week about his work to support British families of Israeli hostages of Hamas in Gaza. (Via @legalmusings.bsky.social's Substack)

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Guardian US
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Families have been scattered, fathers separated from their children, and couples unable to reunite and marry

113h ago
Rabbi David Mivasair
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You can directly support families in Gaza. We do it every day through Connecting Gaza. Your donation tangibly, directly helps them buy food, water, medical care, shelter and warm clothes for winter. Please join us. www.connectinggaza.org/donate

513h ago
Colin Yeo
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New: Home Office must reconsider applications by Palestinian families failed by unsafe journeys policy — by Daniel Rourke

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mskathleenquinn.bsky.social
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“His wife, 3 children, parents, and 2 brothers and a sister with their families, had all gathered in their family home. An Israeli strike destroyed it, killing all 39 people inside. Mahmoud left his home shortly before to buy food. He is the only one left in his family." apple.news/AzDoVvTSsR6a...

612h ago
The Progressive Magazine
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Three years of genocide have changed the course of countless lives in Gaza, disrupting education, destroying livelihoods, separating families from their homes, and leaving people struggling to rebuild what they have lost. progressive.org/the-lives-in...

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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai
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'I cannot carry all of this alone': the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza ->The Guardian | More on "Families separated by Gaza war" at BigEarthData.ai | #Gaza #IsraelWar

22h ago
FCNL
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A year after a ceasefire was announced in Gaza, the Israeli gov. continues to drop bombs and deny Palestinians the ability to rebuild, heal, and live with dignity. "Peace cannot be measured by declarations." ⬇️ @oxfamamerica.bsky.social

"Peace cannot be measured by declarations. It must be measured by whether people can live. Whether parents can feed their children, families can sleep without fear, people can access clean water, patients receive medical care and communities rebuild."
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Vee Astra Mutual Aid
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#EmergencyMutualAid #FoodSupportMA Help Palestinian families survive the genocide in gaza by helping provide food! #MutualAid #Helpsky 💸💕🍅🚨

112h ago
Jug
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Here’s proof of terrorism Israel and its IDF is very adept and practising without a worry… they are criminals in the garb of the army and the govt of Israel is complicit, encouraging them, turning a blind eye to the atrocities on children and families in Gaza. What would you do if it was you !!

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theguardian.com‘I cannot carry all of this alone’: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza

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