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Friends - Thank you for visiting this page. This is where I (Crystal) post updates as I receive them from Gaza in real time. The texts are in ascending order, with the most recent being on top. We are all grateful to those whose care and concern brought you here, the Abu Raida family most of all.

***NOTE: Yasser’s Facebook page was permanently removed by Meta. He has succeeded in opening a new one. Please send him a friend request. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579260330656

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November 14, 2025

I won't hide from you that my children's behavior is getting worse. I want to get them out of Gaza and reach a safe place so they can learn. I hope our new friends who see the play will have good news and ideas. I've developed a strong desire to travel and pursue a master's degree outside of Gaza in order to rediscover myself. I'm starting to lose myself. The only way to salvage what's left of us and our lives is to leave Gaza.

The news says we're nearing the second phase of this agreement. At this time, the rain will also reach the shores of Khan Younis. Heavy rain fell in the northern and central Gaza Strip. Here in the south, we are only experiencing winds and conditions that are trending towards rain.

November 7, 2025

I'm sorry for not communicating, Auntie. I'm tired and exhausted and I don't know what to do here. Nada is having difficulties and adding to my suffering, even though there's nothing to relieve her here.

It seems some people are having problems locating my PayPal address. You can use my email address to find it: reidah-912@outlook.com

Life here is difficult, exhausting, and devastating for both the individual and the family. I hope there will be an opportunity to leave Gaza soon, because the negative impact is now being seen in the children's behavior.

When we are allowed to return to East Khan I will make a video about our lives before the war, our lives during the war, and also the result we have reached now. It could be used for the plays in the future.

The new thing in my life I have become a point of contact and representative for all 630 families in the Abu Rida clan, which comprises more than 2000 individuals. There is a consensus on all the administrative activities I lead, and the reason is that I am free from all kinds of partisan bias and malicious intent. The foreign organizations responsible for reconstruction will address the families here through a single representative, and everyone is leaning towards placing me in this position. I am strong because you are also with me in this position, providing both psychological and material support.

November 2, 2025

We are fine, thanks be to God and to your kind hearts. But unfortunately, the future of Gaza is uncertain and unknown. The army has returned to bombing and destruction.

The sounds heard from east of Khan Younis are very frightening, but at this time there is a strange and frightening calm. During the day we hear the sounds of cars and people here. But as darkness falls, all these sounds disappear, and the place becomes eerie amidst these tents, as if it were deserted.

These scenes are exhausting for the soul. What saddens and worries me is that children are losing their right to education here amidst this misery. I hope they don't face any psychological problems. Because signs of psychological instability began to appear in them. Mohammed is strong-willed and has a firm mind when dealing with people. Youssef understands everything, but the hardships and psychological trauma we've been through are starting to show on him. I'm worried about his mental state. Mohammed is afraid of seeing armed people. And what's worse is that he's afraid of the rain 😔😔😔 I don't know if these are controllable indicators.

That's why I really want to move them to a safe place. Because I've started seeing a lot of street children here. Or rather, 90% of Gaza's children have become street children.

October 29, 2025

#Exclusive_From_My_Friend_Dr._Mohammed

Many people are asking me about guaranteed travel methods from the devastated Gaza Strip. Currently, most of those leaving the Strip are passport holders, family reunification applicants, students, and patients.

The most flexible and easier option is for students, as they can travel either on scholarships or through special university registration. The countries most helpful in evacuating students are Italy, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands.

In any case, anyone who wants to travel and finds a safe and guaranteed route should do so. However, as we discussed before leaving Gaza, plan for what comes next. Whoever can secure their own safety and that of their family abroad should put their trust in God and escape this relentless annihilation.

#We_wish_everyone_safe_travel 🙏

***From Crystal to anyone reading the above: I urge you to share this info wherever it might be helpful. Also, let’s make this announcement everywhere the play is being performed.

Yasser: The news is not good. The future is uncertain. What is being planned in Gaza is large and dangerous. We cannot do anything now. My brother-in-law told me there's an attempt to arrange a trip for a friend of his, and if it succeeds, we can at least get a chance to travel for Nada and the children.

This is good news about the play. I really need the money in the coming weeks, so I hope it's a success. Also, regarding the travel opportunity, if it succeeds, the children must have passports. The cost of issuing passports has also been exploited. It has risen to $400 per person. Nada and the children do not have passports.

CRYSTAL: I asked Yasser if funds still arrive from the Chuffed fundraiser site, and what is the best way to send donations. His response.

Yes, PayPal is easier and better now. The site charges a large commission. Besides, the money is converted from New Zealand dollars to US dollars, and there's a difference in the conversion rate. In the future, if someone wants to transfer larger amounts, I'll let them transfer it directly to my Greek brother-in-law's account; that's better.

Yes. I will send the money to my brother-in-law, and he can issue it (cz: Passports, I believe)but first he needs to confirm to me that the travel opportunity is successful.

I'm asking friends to use my PayPal account now for regular amounts. But if it's a large sum, I'll use my Greek brother-in-law's account.

October 24, 2025

Thank you, my friend and aunt, for your continuous efforts in spreading our story. One day we will reach our goal. During this period, in light of the arrival of good quantities of food and various types of food, I am trying to buy everything the children's bodies need. Because I don't know what might happen in the coming days. Let's eat and leave everything for the future. We have been deprived of many of these things.

But unfortunately in Gaza now the one who has money is the one who buys. Otherwise the state of hunger continues in Gaza to this day at the same pace as before, because everyone has lost everything. Those who have real friends like you, my aunt, are the ones who can continue to stand firm. Deaths from starvation still occur. Unfortunately, I no longer receive much help from friends, and worse, I've lost the desire to ask for help. Anyone who wants to help can help on their own. But I'm confident that the play will help us continue to maintain our dignity here.

October 17, 2025

Because my choice for travel, if I succeed, will be for the children and Nada to travel with me to Europe, specifically Ireland, if we succeed. The children and Nada will stay with me for a few months until they submit their asylum applications, and then I will ask them to travel. Traveling to Saudi Arabia to stay there and I will stay in Ireland to work and build my life there and from time to time I will ask them to come to Ireland during the school holidays During this, I will be able to ensure that the children learn the Arabic language and the Arabic curriculum, in addition to learning English. This way, I can ensure that there is no cultural confusion.

Before the current war, I received approval to apply for a job as a laborer in Israel. Unfortunately, I paid $1,000, and unfortunately, this money was never returned. The idea is that Israeli workers from Gaza stay for several months inside Israel. For work and then a temporary return to Gaza to meet family and loved ones for a few days and then return to work again. That would have been my experience there. But unfortunately now we are thinking of it outside of Gaza and Palestine as a whole. The suffering never ends, then and now.

This is what I am looking for, my aunt, to settle abroad and return whenever I want. I will not hide from you that I also want to reach influential positions on the national ladder here, but I must gain linguistic, life and financial experience abroad as well. I am at an age where I can…success.

Frankly, I don't see the point of living without elevating yourself and your status among people.

OCTOBER 12, 2025

I am very depressed my friend. My little brother went secretly today to our house in Khuza'a. There is no life there and it is not possible to live there. We will remain in this suffering forever.

CRYSTAL’s Response: I am so sorry, dear Nephew. I have been watching what is happening. The families from Gaza City finding nothing but ruins. Kit and I talked for a long time about what we can do, and we didn't really come up with anything solid. We agreed that if you decide that you want to go to Ireland where many Palestinians have formed communities, we will need to raise money to put into an account there to show the government you have support for a year. We would ask someone there to manage this. Kit has influential friends there who could help. But, we can't start this process unless you would be firmly committed to it.

The other option is to try to raise funds for you to remain in Gaza. Unfortunately, we believe we would have to dedicate our efforts toward one or the other of these options. We both understand that this is an almost impossible choice for you to make when everything is so uncertain.

Yasser: "If there is a real chance, my friend. I can assure you that you will travel there. 100%." But how can I get the visa?

Crystal: I think we need to wait until we see if Israel is going to implement the next part of this plan. If they do, I think the ways to get visas will open up.

Yasser: Yes, that's right. There will be a chance. I hope I get that chance.The issue is entirely linked to the actual developments to end the war and rebuild, but I expect that this will take a long time, and Israel, after all this destruction, will not allow us to rebuild quickly, because it destroyed everything in order to begin the displacement process.

The scene my brother filmed is heartbreaking. Nothing gives you hope for a decent life. Rather, it will be a battle against life. I don't know, aunt. Our life won't be easy. We meet here and complain about our concerns and upcoming troubles without any real hope. We need international intervention to resolve this crisis.

Crystal: Yes. I agree. I don't know if you saw the press conference in Israel yesterday with the negotiators Witcoff and Trump's son-in-law and daughter. The huge crowd cheered nonstop for Tump, but when witcoff mentioned Netanyahu the many thousand there boos loudly. I think this will influence Trump's thinking even though his evil son-in-law said some horrible things (sticking to the lies about Oct. 7).

Yasser: Everything is unclear. Both parties are partners and neither can wrong the other. It's just a matter of time before we know what will happen.

There are a lot of them (unexploded disguised bombs) there. My brother went there and came back quickly. I didn't go there because whoever goes there will go on foot. I can't walk much. My knee with the torn tendon is back to work and I feel that I I may have lost my ability to carry water. I was supposed to have the surgery last March, according to an appointment I had at the hospital in Nasser three years ago. Unfortunately, the war came and I didn't have the tubal ligation.

(Yasser sent this which was a post on FB by someone he knows) Tomorrow, after the handover of the last Israeli prisoner, the Israeli army will begin the second phase of the war, which is to demolish what remains of Gaza, destroy the tunnels, and gain absolute control over the entire Strip. On the other hand, Hamas will leave the Israeli army and begin another battle. It will not be a battle of control, as it is doing to families today and trying to control them. Rather, it will be a civil war between it and the popular forces that have recently appeared, and it is believed that the number of these groups has exceeded ten. Hamas is well aware that what it is doing is nothing but spiritual sweetness. But tomorrow, the war will begin between the tents, in the alleys of the camps, among the people, and in the streets. A civil war that will leave nothing behind. I have been warning about this for more than a year, but unfortunately, it is too late. By the way, Saleh is not the first and will not be the last. In fact, this is the only natural result of Hamas’s rule in Gaza. What happened to Samih al-Madhoun will be repeated again, as revenge does not expire with the passage of time. My advice: Anyone who finds an opportunity to leave Gaza should leave. These times are worse than war, because… The killer and the killed are unknown. I will put in the comments some of the times I talked about the civil war and the reasons 👇🏻👇🏻

OCTOBER 11, 2025

Unfortunately, my village, Khuza'a, is located far east of Khan Yunis and is adjacent to the border with Israel. At this stage, it is forbidden to approach it, but what we hope is that the implementation of the agreement will continue so that we can reach it. It is unfortunate that there is

Unfortunately, there are videos of a number of young men who arrived there despite the danger and took some pictures that show that life is dead there and that it is impossible to live amidst the rubble. There are also bombs in the shape of children's dolls in abundance among the rubble. The danger will be great

But we cannot stay far from our hometown despite this danger. We will try as much as possible to restore life there.

Leaving Gaza will also be fraught with suspicion. No one knows what the circumstances will be like, but what I hope for is that there will be freedom to leave and return to Gaza so that I can go to Egypt at least so that we can restore ourselves there, even though Egypt will not be… It would not be suitable for living due to its difficult economic conditions. The only person who can live in Egypt is the one who has money to spend. That's how it was. This was my mother's experience.

For us in Gaza, since we know the reality of Israel despite the ceasefire declaration and seeing Hamas’s behavior there, unfortunately we are not optimistic about the continued success of this agreement, but what we see is that the world believes what is happening here.

The agreement is vague and ambiguous and the behavior on the ground contradicts the truth of this agreement. The occupation aircraft are still investigating. The bombing is still ongoing in the eastern areas of the Gaza Strip. A number of those who reached the east to see their homes were injured.

The way the agreement is implemented is contrary to what is being exported to the world.

Aid hasn't arrived. Emergency relief hasn't arrived. Cash is in short supply. Security is nonexistent. Hamas is showing its rejection of the agreement here.

The population is 100% not optimistic and everyone is waiting for the end of this week to see what will happen.

OCTOBER 9, 2025

The moonlight now feels like the dawn of freedom and the end of this war is approaching. The news is very positive.

OCTOBER< 7, 2025

This is Israel's policy. It continues to kill and destroy until the minute the truce takes effect, and it may even violate the truce in its first minutes, as was the case with the January truce. Israel is the house of deceit and deceit. Let the opportunity to travel come first, my aunt. I no longer think much about the future, because I do not see anything that might happen on the horizon. Let the blood stop first and then...

Then we can think about what we can do. But I really want to meet all of you. I hope that freedom of movement will be smooth so that we can reach you safely.

OCTOBER 4, 2025

It seems that we are really getting closer to the end of this war. The people of Gaza are now sad and happy. Everyone is getting closer to returning to the ruins of their homes. Everyone is longing for the dust of their homes. Everyone wants to feel comfortable in the place of their homes that have become ruins.

But people's reaction was not happy. Unlike the previous times when enthusiasm and approval were announced .Then the agreement fails, because we no longer trust anyone. Everyone in the world's governments has let us down, and the betrayal was also from the Palestinian side, Hamas and others. We are the victims, so we will not rejoice much until we truly hear that there is an agreement.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2025

I must support it (Trump’s 20 Point “Peace Plan””) because we are desperate to survive. Hamas will reject it because it is looking for a place for itself in the future despite what it caused to Gaza. Under the pretext of the Islamic religion and the holy sites. Unfortunately, it is also a creation of Mocha.

I hope that this decision will be implemented despite Hamas’s rejection and Israel’s changing the terms, so that we can put an end to this tampering with people’s lives under the pretext of religion, otherwise…

We want to live within the law of the state of our own and have the freedom of movement and travel to mix with others. We have nothing against the Jewish people, only the Zionist occupiers who keep us isolated and unable to build better lives.

Israel is an occupying army, one of the most powerful armies in the world, and the United States of America, the ruler of this world, supports and partners with it. Therefore, eliminating Hamas, which they created in order to create a new regime, and unfortunately in order to control the gas and And the oil

The Arab states bless this plan because they do not want to destroy their country's economy and also enter into a destructive war against the United States of America.

Hamas is a tool for implementing these plans, and the victim is the Palestinian people.

I expect that evacuation orders will be issued to us in the Mawasi area to return to the east of Khan Yunis, and the army will enter the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis to destroy it as well, in order to create a security cordon from all directions in the southern Gaza Strip.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2025

Netanyahu is a professional liar and a powerful man who owns everything in this world, so no one will stop him.

I'm back to occupying my mind and soul with learning. Trading. As long as my mind is working, it motivates me to believe that the future will be better and I must work towards success. I am a person who does not like to freeze my mind. I hope to find a work environment that is suitable for my mind if this war ends.

The children are fine too. Youssef is eating. The goods are back in stock in the markets.

Everything will pass. But we need time. I am a person who loves to learn, especially in the field of work that I love, in order to achieve financial freedom. Because I am a father and I must bear the responsibility of this family. No one will think of me except those whose heart is Except for those who love us like you, and they are few. Because I really don't get enough help from friends anymore. So I have to find another way to help myself and my family.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

*CZ: There are many messages I’m not posting here because they are many back and forth texts that refer to the legalities of how they can evacuate the country. Anyone who would like to know mare details of what needs to be done by someone in a country who might offer asylum, or acceptance to a university, please email me at onefamilyingaza@gmail.com. We are in contact with friends in Ireland, but could use more help, and more investigation into other possible countries. I would appreciate knowing of any possible efforts so that we can have a centralized place where information is kept.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

The main goal is for Israel to receive evacuation guarantees through the embassy of the country that will host this family. These guarantees will be provided by friends.

However, the Immigration and Human Rights Department in Ireland, for example, must also be contacted.. This is what requirements are for France, but they should be similar with all EU countried.

It is possible for a French or European citizen to support a family member's evacuation request from Gaza. However, the process is complex and does not involve a simple application to the Immigration Service. There are no standard procedures that allow an individual to submit an evacuation request directly to the Immigration Service (préfecture) in France.

The situation in Gaza is centrally managed by the French government, in coordination with the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

Procedures and Steps

Contacting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The first thing you should do is contact the Crisis and Support Center (CDCS) of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. This is the government body that manages the evacuation of citizens and their families from conflict zones. You must provide them with full information about the family members to be evacuated.

Supporting a French/European citizen: As a French or European citizen, your role is to provide official support for this request. You can send an email or letter to the ministry explaining the situation and requesting the evacuation of your relatives. You will need to attach all proof of kinship (birth certificates, marriage certificates, etc.) as well as copies of the identity documents of the people concerned.

French Embassy in Israel: The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs works closely with the French Embassy in Israel, which is the closest to managing this situation. An individual cannot submit an evacuation application directly to the embassy. Rather, the embassy, upon instructions from the ministry, communicates with local authorities (in this case, the Israeli side) to organize the evacuation.

Conditions for evacuation: Evacuation is usually reserved for people with a direct family connection to a French or European citizen (spouse, children, parents). Each case is examined individually, and there is no guarantee that the evacuation will be possible. Conditions on the ground (border closures, fighting) are the main obstacles.

Regarding friends in Ireland

If you have friends in Ireland, they can already contact the Irish authorities to support your evacuation request. The process is similar: they will need to approach the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which will in turn contact the French authorities to coordinate efforts. Coordination between EU countries is common in such cases.

In short, the procedure is not carried out directly at the local immigration office, but rather centrally at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which manages the situation in cooperation with the embassy in Israel.

These are from my Moroccan friend who lives in France, but she says the same instructions might apply in other EU countried.

Thank you, my friend, and I wish you health and wellness. I am grateful to all my friends. I am very happy because I feel that you have made my family a goal for you. I hope you always stay strong. These are just suggestions and experiences, and we hope the responses will be positive.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2025

We are really getting closer to achieving our dream all. I am very optimistic that thanks to your efforts we may be able to find asylum in Ireland. (*CZ: Anyone with contacts in Ireland, or any EU country, who might be willing to help, please contact me at the email on this site)

Unfortunately, Israel and its Zionists are the ones who distorted the image of Judaism. There is no animosity between us and the Jews, but the problem is with the Nazi ideas of the extreme right in Israel. I have a strong feeling that this might succeed, my friend. Give our friend my greetings and respect, and I hope to meet all of you.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2025

* I (Crystal) talked with a good friend, Tarak Kauff, who is with Veterans for Peace and has close friends in Ireland. He is contacting them and asking for help in getting the family to Ireland. Yasser is very hopeful (as are all of us). Yasser has sent copies of his refugee status, his family registry, his passport, his university diploma and transcripts (including one from the British Language Academy. May this come to pass. insha’Allah.

From Yasser:

Give our friend my greetings and respect, and I hope to meet all of you.

Unfortunately, Israel and its Zionists are the ones who distorted the image of Judaism. There is no animosity between us and the Jews, but the problem is with the Nazi ideas of the extreme right in Israel.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2025

The opportunity will be better. Perhaps in Canada now, it may be possible after it recognized the state of Palestine.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2025

Ireland has a lot of scholarships. If you can find someone who is relevant to that, it will help us a lot because the semester will start at the end of October there. I suggest that if you have friends there, one of them contact the universities and see if there is a scholarship available. I have a great chance because I have a university degree from the Islamic University of Gaza, which is recognized worldwide.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025

Please read ths. Yasser says this is from the Israeli Coordinator of Civilian Affairs in Gaza.

Today 550 residents of the Gaza Strip left for different countries including the countries of: UAE, Jordan, Britain, Belgium, Romania and other EU countries. The majority of the leavies are ill and their companions.

So far, more than 5,000 residents of the Gaza Strip have left via the Lanaby Bridge Crossing or the Ramon Airport.

We hear you, and we know that some of you want to leave the Gaza Strip, and you have written to us in the comments and private messages, and you have written on the “Al-Manseq” page as well. For example, after we posted early this week about top Hamas leaders fleeing the sector, and using you as human shields, many of you wrote and expressed your desire to leave the sector.

We would like to make it clear that many embassies around the word communicate by your name and request to be welcomed to their countries. We are not resistricting exits and will continue to coordinate additional departures at the request of embassies. Departures will be carried out by receiving an order from the embassy of the future country.

This is the page of the Israeli Coordinator of Civilian Affairs in Gaza and the West Bank. This means that the voluntary migration has begun, with direct coordination from the countries seeking to host it. The order has become available at the embassy of the country where your friend resides. This means that the US ambassador to Israel can contact the Israeli embassy and provide him with a request that guarantees evacuation.

The immigration department in the country to which your friend wants to evacuate you, in coordination with the Human Rights Department, will be contacted to submit an evacuation request from the conflict zone, namely Gaza. There are conditions for submitting this request, including that the person preparing the evacuation request must guarantee your good behavior upon relocating to that country.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025

My sister (his sister has been in Cairo since before Oct. 7 for cancer treatment with her mother and her husband) told me. Maybe I should hope to get out of Gaza because the evacuation project could happen at any time or life would get more scary here. The cost would be 10,000 per person. I'm waiting for an update from my sister's husband. But now I really want to prepare for winter first. I hope we can find the help we need.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2025

The first 24 hours without internet are useful. I will continue to do this. I will recover myself. I want to reach Europe with full mental strength because displacement will inevitably happen. Europe requires you to be mentally strong to succeed in it. But I get a headache when I open the internet.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

Thank you aunt, I love you so much. But I might tell you something bad. My mind can't take it anymore. It seems that using the phone is the reason for my mental suffering, in addition to the bad living situation here. I have decided that I will leave my phone and all social media for a period that may extend to a week or two, depending on my condition. I will live without a phone in my life. I know this is hard but I have to get myself back. I'm losing myself and heading towards the bad side of my mental state.

I will put my PayPal account on my Facebook page and ask friends for help because I will be away from using the phone and the Internet for a period of time in order to prepare myself. In addition, my wife will support my children through your donations via PayPal.

I have nervous and psychological pressure again, and the worst thing is irritable bowel syndrome.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

We are fine and thanks to the food prices, I am able to buy. There is no longer a food crisis, but the problem is how can you buy because the Bank of Palestine closed my bank account and accounts. And the accounts of many, many citizens here, so now many, including me, have resorted to paying using the USDT currency, and this has led to a crisis. Increase the trouble towards us

SEPTEMBER 13, 2025

I don't believe in Israel and the United States. They want to create a new world. Now Hamas must be removed and the Palestinian people must be scattered. This plan will be implemented sooner or later. There is no escape. So my mission now is just to survive.

No matter how frustrated I feel, I am a person who cannot lose himself no matter what happens because I know how the end will be, but reaching an end in these thorny ways is tiring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025

We are fine, aunt. But I am mentally exhausted. Nada and the children have consumed me a lot during this war. I can't take it anymore I can't stand myself anymore. They ask for everything without hesitation, and I am the one who thinks about how I will implement what they ask for. I'm distracted, thinking about everything. I'm carrying a heavy load. I don't know how long. Nada and the kids can't live without me. But I'm exhausted.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025

I hope everyone (on the Flotilla) arrives safely. Israel does not share her interest in anything in the world because it is the one who controls this world, and such activities will not be of interest to Israel, because Europe and America, unfortunately, are behind it.

Israel has changed the Middle East and what remains for it now is Egypt, but if any friction occurs with Egypt, a devastating war will unfortunately break out.

The victim is the people of Gaza

SEPTEMBER 10, 2025

We no longer care about Israel, America and Hamas. We are all trying here in the Gaza Strip to keep our children and families more important than anything because everyone is looking after their own interests and ignoring our suffering and wounds. I am sorry my friend but what really worries me is the winter. We do not have anything for us from clothes and blankets to even making the tent ready. The donations I receive from friends go towards food and now these needs have come to exhaust me again.

We all love you and our trust in you will never change, my dear aunt. I wish you health and wellness always so that we can meet again one day. You are part of my daily life and I can never think of losing you. Stay strong, my friend.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2025

I am very tired, aunt. I have lost hope in everything.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2025

May God bless you, my dear sister, for these blessed, peaceful efforts for us and for trying to spread the voice of my family and also the suffering of other families in the face of this madness, as is the case with the arrival of 300 ships from Barcelona. I hope that this will succeed soon.

I hope to find a person or educational institution that can issue an educational grant or an invitation to attend a conference. The embassy of the country that will issue this grant or invitation can contact the Israeli embassy to provide us with an evacuation if we find these ways.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

Thank you Crystal. I am a person who does not contradict my feelings and this feeling always hits the mark. The news coming from east Khan Younis is very bad. Israeli tanks have reached our camp in Bani Suhaila in east Khan Younis and have tested all the tents there and the houses surrounding the camp. Therefore, when we return to east Khan Younis, if a truce occurs, there will be no internet or any infrastructure there. And if there is displacement to those areas after their destruction, there will be no infrastructure. The future is very bad here.

Your efforts are blessed in serving our just cause to achieve justice for this hungry and oppressed people.

AUGUST 27, 2025

If only females are allowed to evacuate with the children, I will send my wife and the children. At least they can find a better life. More than 50 patients were evacuated to America a few days ago.

My heart is with you my friends, with you my friends always. You are the heartbeat of my family. If you stop, we will stop, and I will stand because your heart continues to beat for us. My wounds are fine. I got an ointment to treat these wounds and the condition of the wound is in healing.

*CZ asked if they had food and if they were getting protein and nutrition at all.

Unfortunately there is no protein, but we have started to see frozen chicken in the markets and the price per kilo is more than $50. I will wait a little while, maybe the prices will go down, and we should not eat it in large quantities so that it does not cause food poisoning. Unfortunately, Gaza City is preparing for a disaster to befall it.

Yes. Our bodies have lost a lot of proteins, fats, and vitamins. Therefore, we must eat carefully. We will overcome this, my aunt. Unfortunately, Trump and Netanyahu are playing on the same team. They only issue false statements to silence the world.

AUGUST 25, 2025

*From a conversation about trying to get in touch with Doctors Without Borders as the children begin to show signs of malnutrition:

I hope that happens (contact with MSF). Maybe they can put a special recommendation in place for the children by at least taking care of them here. Doctors Without Borders is the most powerful organization working here, and if we get a private link through them, they can help us with medical evacuation.

AUGUST 20,2025

The bombing was closer to us tonight. Tension has returned to the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis. We are fine, my friend, and we are trying as much as possible to ignore our psychological problems in order to continue this battle. Today, in front of us, the Red Cross moved towards the European Hospital in order to restart it. It seems that the new displacement is imminent.

Youssef is showing signs of malnutirition. He is weak and he eats little. He is a child who doesn’t like meat and prefers rice and vegetables. He used to love canned pineapple when it was available.

Today I showed them snow and skiing in America and also the forests of America via TikTok. Mohammed was the most excited and told me when we will travel there. He wants to play in the snow.

AUGUST 15, 2025

We are fine but it is very hot here and also water is scarce these days. I try to bring water but it is far and there is no water for the children to drink. I will buy water with money. Water costs $15. (Yasser sent a photo holding up 2 small thin plastic bags with water.)

AUGUST 12, 2025

The weather has been very hot here since the early morning hours and the night, unfortunately, was very difficult due to the intensity of the shelling and explosions near us.

A new Egyptian decision bans male Palestinian passport holders, aged 18 to 40, from entering Egypt through all international ports, even if they have security coordination.

AUGUST 11, 2025

They want to kill the truth by killing these journalists. Conditions are very difficult here. I am very upset because I lost many friends through the permanent suspension of my old account.

God be with us all, my dear aunt. The talk now is about expanding the ground attack on Gaza City. But hunger still continues here and prices have dropped a little. I am thinking of stocking up on a lot of food supplies in case they say prices will drop again in the coming days.

AUGUST 8, 2025

Thank you to everyone who is checking on us in the midst of this genocide and deadly starvation war. Yes, we are fine, my friend, but unfortunately, the psychological changes in the children are beginning to appear significantly now. They are adopting inappropriate behavior, whether it is violence or not listening to the instructions we give them. Children are growing up in the midst of this chaos. It is unfortunate that more than 90% of the children in the families here have become thugs. Yesterday, I was trying to buy a bag of flour, and a fight broke out between two children who were no more than 7 years old. One of them said to his brother, "Bring me a knife, I want to kill him." This behavior tells us that we are in great danger, and this pattern applies to all of those we have in the neighborhood, and we are always trying to prevent the children from interacting with the street children here. I hope that I can transfer them to a safe place outside Gaza because their lives are getting worse and worse. I am also becoming very nervous. The body is exhausted and the mind is distracted. And now, what the occupation is planning will be very difficult for us in the coming days. Now goods and products are being brought in and there is a drop in prices, not big but almost appropriate. I will try to buy more food to be on the safe side and be careful of the upcoming crisis in the coming weeks with the occupation planning to launch a military operation in Gaza City. The strange thing is that the Israeli army allowed foreign journalists to enter the southern Gaza Strip to show the world that there is no famine here. This is also a dangerous indicator of the malice of what the occupation is planning. The matter is getting more complicated.

It's not your fault, my friend. These evil people are planning to take over Gaza and empty at least half of its population. To recycle the Gaza Strip demographically and also urbanly. This is a plan in which the United States of America is unfortunately a partner with Israel. Before the end of Trump's term, Gaza will be finished and a new era will begin. They are now planning to destroy the city of Gaza and reduce it to ashes and make the people of Gaza live in the midst of the destruction in tattered tents until the door to immigration is opened. But so far the entire world rejects the idea of displacement. I hope a miracle will happen to stop this

August 6, 2025

Now the Gaza Strip will be divided into three governorates and these areas will be besieged. This means we will have two options: arrest or death.

Read this news: The first phase of the major military operation to occupy the entire Gaza Strip. Its first victim will be Gaza City.

Gaza City has become the last refuge for the residents of the northern Gaza Strip (Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Jabalia), which was destroyed. Its residents have taken refuge in Gaza City, which is now home to nearly one million people, roughly half of the Gaza Strip's population.

The displacement of the one million residents of Gaza City, which has become a fortress, effectively means the complete emptying of the northern Gaza Strip. Practically, it also represents a re-test of the generals' plan, which Biden thwarted when he forced the occupation to allow food in and prevented the displacement of the remaining residents.

This time, the occupation has an open-ended green light to displace and starve its citizens and commit all crimes against humanity, for which the Trump administration will work to protect the occupation from fears of being held responsible. Trump will attempt to prove that he is working for the occupation in the northern Gaza Strip, something Biden failed to do.

If the occupation implements its plan, which he will approve tomorrow. It will be one of the most difficult phases of the war for the people of Gaza, who have been exhausted by the scourge of genocide, displacement, starvation, poverty, and disease over the past two years.

Emptying Gaza and occupying the entire northern part of the Strip will be the first phase of a rolling occupation plan, after which it will move to the central regions, albeit with a different approach.

August 5, 2025

Trump is complicit with Netanyahu, and Hamas is stubborn and does not care about the Palestinian people and what is happening to them. The worst thing is that Israel and the United States of America, whether Hamas takes over or not, will continue the war because they are all liars and want Gaza’s wealth. We are the victims.

Everyone and I are so desperate that we can no longer bear what is happening. Smoking may distract my mind a little, but it is also expensive. It is beyond our capacity, my aunt.

AUGUST 4, 2025

We are fine, my friend. Yesterday I was with my brother in the Belgian field hospital. Fortunately for him, he was transferred from Nasser Hospital, which was collapsing health-wise. Today he will be discharged after the operation, and his health condition is stable.

AUGUST 3, 2025

God bless you my friends . I am glad that you think as I do. I cannot leave my family and risk myself to go to the place where aid trucks are stolen because the situation there is deadly from the hungry themselves and also from the thieves and also the army surrounding those trucks. I am happy that I have friends who appreciate that and help me to buy whatever the cost. You have humanity, which always aims to protect humanity no matter the cost. I am grateful for your friendship

AUGUST 2, 2025

My little brother Yahya was injured in his hand while going to get our flour that the army gangs are stealing. We are dying for a living. What drove him to do this is that flour has disappeared from the markets and its prices are very high.

The worst thing is that this injured body of ours, how can it heal itself if it does not eat healthy and rich food? Anyone who is injured in Gaza is at risk of dying from malnutrition. Whoever can help us buy him whatever we can from the things available in the markets, please do not be stingy with Yahya.

JULY 31, 2025

From Yasser’s FB page: The American Humanitarian Relief Foundation (GHF), in preparation for Witkoff's visit today, announces that it has distributed 100 million meals to Gazans in the few weeks it has been operating.

This means that, according to the center's statement, every Gazan has received at least 50 meals.

This is completely false information. It is misleading propaganda. I and the thousands of people I know and surround me have not received a single meal. Unless these meals are being distributed through invisibility hoods, or the center is embezzling and stealing them.

I call on the center to stop spreading misleading lies to cover up the starvation of citizens. The aid is not reaching anyone, and the images the center is promoting do not reflect the reality.

JULY 31, 2025

Everyone who thinks about presenting the play has become more passionate about the future being better despite the hunger that has afflicted us and the destruction of many cells in our bodies. I do not know that the future will be in favor of our bodies, but they say that when you travel, your soul returns to you no matter how sick and tired you are, especially if the fatigue is psychological. Therefore, the news of the play makes me really happy and paints a future in my imagination, even if it is not real, but we will not lose hope.

JULY 26, 2025

We are fine my friend but the situation is very difficult. It is a terrible and terrifying chaos of thieves, bandits and thugs. They steal and kill without mercy. Whoever wants to get flour has only two choices. Death or return in peace and death is closer. The Israeli army is now enjoying this chaos. We are scared and hungry without any ability from us to do anything. We will wait and see what happens.

JULY 23, 2025

Targeting everything here. This world has no conscience to stop this massacre. Mafia. We also live under the crimes of the gangs that the army created among us. Yesterday, my little brother went to get a bag of flour. Luckily, he was able to get a bag, but unfortunately, when he got into the truck to return quickly, one of the members of these gangs beat him and threw him from the moving truck, and he fell on his head. Also, my friend who lives next to us brought a bag, and these gangs beat him severely and stole the bag of flour from him. It is terrifying and frightening. Also, yesterday in front of us, they stole a bag of flour from a child who was carrying it on his back for a distance of about 7 kilometers, and they robbed him. We must leave Gaza before the civil war

JULY 22, 2025

The famine that Gazans are currently experiencing, according to experts, causes internal destruction to the body due to prolonged, continuous deprivation and food shortages. This cannot be treated or compensated for in the future, even if food becomes abundant again. It's like a broken glass pane that never heals.

This is dangerous for adults, causing chronic and permanent illnesses. But it's even more dangerous for children, who are unable to resist or survive it. Even if they survive, they will suffer lasting illnesses related to delayed growth, mental processes, and psychological development and stability.

It's likely that Israeli doctors and psychologists are monitoring these changes daily, which are happening to us like lab rats. They are deepening them with more hunger and torture.

They usually work to release a liberated prisoner afflicted with all sorts of mental and physical ailments. But this time, they are trying to release all Gazans with permanent disabilities after the war ends, in a mass experiment that is the first of its kind in modern history.

JULY 20, 2025

Crystal: Are you ok, Nephew? The news talks about forced evacuation from Al Mawasi and Deir Al Balah.

Yasser: Yes, that's right, from the south of Deir al-Balah to the outskirts of Khan Yunis. It seems they want to establish the Abu Holi axis. In order to divide the Gaza Strip into three parts without communication.

Crystal: Are you threatened by this?

Yasser: I am in an area that was ordered to evacuate. I did not leave my place. On the borders of Khan Yunis, in the eastern part of it.

Crystal: Oh, Nephew, my prayers are with you always. Do you have food and water? I wish I had words that would comfort you. May you all find safety and a way to leave Gaza. insha’Allah.

Yasser: The price of a kilo of flour today is 60 dollars. This kilo alone makes 12 pieces of bread, enough for one day, not to mention other things. Every month we need more than 7,500 dollars in addition to the cash commission. I don't know where we live. The person among us has lost his mind just to eat. The simplest thing in our life now is how we eat.

Then, he sent a photo of himself with Maria. Yesterday he sent a video of a bomb exploding in the near distance with Maria and Nada watching and Muhammed covering his ears.

JULY 19, 2025

My friend arrived in Italy through the World Health Organization today. But he has a real medical report for his son. I hope that registration for his family will be reopened so that Mohammed and I can go through the experience. Maybe a dose of optimism after seeing my friend's post. I wanted to share it with you.

I haven't decided yet. I'm waiting for registration to open in Gaza and I hope this closure won't last long. Mohammed isn't sick, but it will be a means to prepare the medical report.

JULY 18, 2025

*Note: Yasser had written to me that there was a rumor that Spain would accept refugees from Gaza. I researched everything I could find, and the requirements would be impossible to meet. I had to give Yasser this news this morning. My responses and questions are not posted here. I think anyone reading this can surmise what I said by the responses.

Yasser: It doesn't matter, my friend. These are just suggestions. We can't leave. The only solution will be the Sultanate of Oman's method if we leave Gaza.

We are fine, my friend. A rocket fell very close to us this morning. Although shrapnel fell close to us, thank God no one was injured. Now we are facing difficulty in obtaining food. Flour is unavailable in the market, and when it is available, its price has reached more than $50 per kilogram. Rice has become the same price as flour.

insha'Allah Let's get out of Gaza and everything will be easier.

My back started hurting again. And the pain started to reach my feet. This is proof that I have a cartilage problem now. Maria is also sick. I don’t know what to think. Should I think about how to get food and the high prices or about my health or the health of my children?

My injuries don't come close to those of those who were bombed. Unfortunately, even they can't find a way out except through bribes to the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

I don't even have the words to talk to myself. I also can't say anything to tell you that I'm fine.

To leave Gaza requires $10,000 per person in cash, which means an additional 45% liquidity. I was planning to sell the car and leave with Mohammed, while Nada, Youssef, and Maria stay here. I was thinking about buying time to get asylum and try to evacuate them in the future. But I'm hesitant because they can't live without me. Nada says she can handle it, but I don't trust the circumstances.

If the procedures are safe according to the World Health Organization, I will try and travel, but Muhammad will not be able to leave his brothers.

JULY 16, 2025

Good morning my friends. I have news that I don't want to be a bad thought, but let it be my last will and testament. Now the army has announced the separation of eastern Khan Yunis from the west. Also, there will be no withdrawal from the Moraghi axis. This means that we are facing the most difficult scenario, which is the complete occupation of the Gaza Strip. This means that we will pass through the Israeli checkpoints for security checks. If I am arrested or martyred, I place the responsibility for Nada and the children in your hands. To protect them and bring them to safety. The night was difficult with the advance of the Israeli vehicles to establish this new axis that separated eastern Khan Yunis from the war. This means that the army will now move the residents to the place it occupies for security checks. Therefore, the danger to the men will be greater. Therefore, you can keep the means of communication with Nada and also my sister in Egypt in order to place the children under your care. My family is the most precious thing to me, and I place this will in your hands. I am confident that you will complete this path for the sake of the children, my friends.

I trust you, my friends. My predictions were correct from the first day of this war. And this is my prediction now, based on what is happening on the ground here. I was ignoring my feelings in the hope of ending this tragedy. But we must examine reality in order to plan for the future.

We will not lose hope.

JULY 12, 2025

CZ; Yasser, Are you ok?

Yasser: We are fine, my friend. But tonight was bloody here in Mawasi Khan Yunis.

I read that the EU signed an agreement with the terror state to allow ai…

Nobody knows what these bastards are planning.

CZ: We are all very worried, Nephew. We feel helpless except to pray.

Yasser: The coming days will be very difficult if no agreement is reached.

CZ: They keep saying they want people to leave Gaza, but it seems there is no way out.

Yasser: There is a lot of talk, but no implementation except through the World Health Organization by paying them bribes.There is a chance to leave Gaza now to a European country according to Israel's wishes, but the cost per person is $10,000 cash. People in Gaza are the cheapest.

Do you still have the money you were saving? Feirouz, is there money in the Chuffed fund?

Yasser: Yes I have some savings here. But it's not enough for that. Because the cash withdrawal rate reaches 40 to 45%. This is crazy.

CZ: Oh no. That is criminal.

Yasser: Corruption and crimes against humanity

Also, the method followed by my sister's husband is to issue an investment visa in the Sultanate of Oman by depositing an amount of more than $50,000 in his account in the Sultanate of Oman. After that, within two weeks he gets a residency for six months or two years. This visa enables him to issue a Schengen visa to any country in Europe, but that is after staying in the Sultanate of Oman for six months. But a tourist visa to Turkey can be obtained from there within two weeks. The deposited amount in the Sultanate of Oman can be withdrawn at any time. I believe that these facilities will be the most fortunate, because the Sultanate of Oman is witnessing a major normalization of relations with Israel.

ICZ: i think there will be many in Europe who will welcome you. I will travel to Europe if we know that is happening. But, yes, however we can get you out of Gaza, we must do.

IYasser: I am sure of that. I will find the opportunity there, but I have to try. My sister's husband told me that many Palestinian men who were Egyptians became like them in the Sultanate of Oman.

JULY 11, 2025

From Yasser; Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The redeployment map presented by the Israeli delegation in the negotiations keeps all of Rafah under occupation

Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The map paves the way for the implementation of the displacement plan by making Rafah a concentration area for displaced persons to be displaced to Egypt or by sea

Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The map extends deep into the Gaza Strip along the Gaza Strip border, reaching 3 kilometers in some areas

Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The redeployment map includes large parts of the city of Beit Lahia, the village of Umm al-Nasr, most of Beit Hanoun, and all of Khuza'a

Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The Israeli redeployment map is approaching al-Sikka Street in the areas of al-Tuffah, al-Shuja'iyya, and al-Zaytoun

Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The redeployment map reaches near Salah al-Din Street in Deir al-Balah and al-Qarara

Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The Israeli redeployment map is eating away at 40% of the Gaza Strip

Urgent | Al Jazeera sources: The Israeli map is preventing 700,000 Palestinians from returning to their homes, forcing them to displacement centers in Rafah. (there is a photo of the map which I can’t paste here, but you can find it on Al Jazeera. cz)

Khuza'a is completely within this area. We will never return to it.

The Israeli army withdrew from the southwest of Khan Yunis, which is about 1000 meters away from me. It was a very, very difficult night. A house about 150 meters away, four stories high, was bombed at 2:00 AM. We all woke up, even the children, and the smoke, dust, and gunpowder filled the place. In that area, tanks destroyed tents.

Crystal: Dear Yasser, I watch Al Jazeera every day and I have heard all these things. They have an areal map showing the leveling of a part of Rafah where it is believed they will built the concentration camp. It is very very worrying. Their plan is that every person in Gaza will be displaced there, starting with 600,000, and then more. They say the people will have the choice to go to another country, so so far there is not a country in agreement. I don’t know what choices you will have.

Yasser; No country will agree to this because it would be considered ethnic cleansing. However, Israel will allow the issuance of visas to some countries that will be a gateway to Europe, as was previously the case in Greece and Belgium.

Crystal: Then, we must see that you get to Greece or Belgium.

Yasser: Your efforts are blessed, my friend. We all hope that the end of all this is near, and if it results in displacement, we agree on the condition that this massacre is eliminated.

We will wait to see what happens. After losing my home, I became certain that the option of emigration is the best solution to exploit the time that will be lost from my life and the lives of my children during the period they call reconstruction, which will never happen. Because destroying Gaza in this way and wiping out many villages and cities is killing life here so that people emigrate.

Crystal: Sadly, I believe you are right. We will focus on getting you to safety. From Greece or Belgium, many things are possible.

Yasser; insha’Allah

Crystal:: insha’Allah

JULY 10, 2025

We're all fine, my friend. But the situation is dangerous. The tanks are close to us. I don't know what I'll do.

JULY 9, 2025 (later in the day)

Indeed. I am a person who has considered myself to have lived in the Stone Age since I was young. I used to watch American movies and TV series like crazy. I used to spend more than 4 hours watching those movies and TV series. Because I knew that the outside world was amazing and had reached everything. But unfortunately, in Gaza, there is nothing but suffering and pain, and I have witnessed that since I was young until now.

I am a person now who has completely lost focus. I am a person who only sees without memorizing. My memory is ignorant of everything.

My plan now is to leave Gaza and send Nada and the children to Saudi Arabia to live in peace for a period of time that may reach five years. During this period, I must obtain European residency and citizenship because it is more available than American. During this period, I will continue to recover myself and also visit them regularly during those years. If my life circumstances improve quickly in Europe, I will bring them to settle with me. However, I prefer America, but reality and circumstances will guide me. The language factor is also important. English is easier and faster for recovering myself.

I feel sad for myself. I stand in the middle of a conversation between my neighbors and friends without understanding what they are saying or even remembering anything of what was said. I can't.

I hope my psychosocial problem is not too big or difficult to solve.

We have been living under terrible psychological pressure all day long for more than 600 days in a very confined space. It is something no human being has ever experienced before in the history of mankind. A huge missile just fell 500 meters away from us. My heart beat fast. I am not afraid but I do not know why my heart beat like this and why this fear entered my body.

Sometimes I go to Chat GPT to talk to find an explanation for what I'm going through. Unfortunately, I'm tired of flowery words that lack the spirit of experience.

In the end, I am eager to travel around this world. To see and ride in an airplane, to travel around modern cities, to see the development of this world, and to see the beauty of nature that I have never seen in my entire life. I still have hope. The problem is that during these periods of travel, my family must not be with me because they are young and need a place to settle down. Unfortunately, I will miss them. But this is for your own good, and I must be strong to face that as well.

I won't hide from you, my aunt. In my psychological isolation, I have resorted to smoking, and this is something I did not expect to reach this stage due to the severity of the psychological pressure.

To take the first step, people who have traveled tell me that when you travel and see new places and new people, your mood will change and you will gain positive energy. Even the diseases you may have will heal.

I'm trying to find an alternative to release my negative energy. I'm not addicted to anything. If I have new life circumstances, I can quit anything that would harm me. Because I will have to relearn and work using my body as well as my mind. I know that everything I have now is due to psychological pressure.

JULY 9, 2025

I hope this happens and the Rafah crossing will open as soon as possible. Gaza has become a place filled with chaos. The place has become very dangerous. Many individuals possess illegal weapons and seize everything by force.

JULY 9, 2025

For those asking about our situation in Gaza,

Dear ladies and gentlemen outside Gaza, here is a snapshot of our daily conditions so you can get an idea of our situation in Gaza.

* Dear friends, we haven't eaten meat or fruit for over four months.

* When cooking, onions, garlic, and many spices are not added, either because they are unavailable in the markets or because their prices are beyond everyone's means.

* We drink tea without sugar and don't eat sweets because a kilo of sugar costs between $80 and $100.

* We have been deprived of cooking gas for several months, and everything is used as fuel for food, from clothing and shoes to home furnishings.

* Only the wealthy or the war profiteers, the wicked merchants and thieves, eat fish, because a kilo of good fish won't cost less than $60.

* Our food comes from the takiyat, and most of the food consists of legumes and pasta, especially lentils, which are also used in flour making.

* A kilo of flour costs between $6 and $10. $25. This price is linked to the exchange of aid trucks that are seized by thieves or aid centers, and then they graciously sell it to us.

* The number of meals has been reduced to two per day. Breakfast and lunch are delayed so that they don't become dinner. Loaves of food are divided and the individual's daily share is distributed.

* Our breakfast is very simple, and Gazan dukkah or a little thyme has become the main ingredient. Our stomachs have become sick from eating these foods.

* Almost all residents of the Gaza Strip have experienced changes in appearance, ranging from weight loss to premature aging due to the hardship of living. You will find adults suffering from anemia, and children from malnutrition.

* We have mixed everything with flour to increase its price, so we have mixed it with lentils, beans, pasta, and rice.

This is just a small part of the daily life that every Gazan citizen suffers from during this war. We have been patient and have accepted the reward of our patience. We ask God to reward us for this patience.

You have now learned about a part of our daily life in Gaza.

Please accept my greetings.

JULY 6, 2025

We must live life with its ups and downs. Nothing stays the same. Yes, Maria's health is much better and she is taking her medication regularly.

This plan with Trump and Netanyahy will not succeed. It seems that the meetings between Trump and Netanyahu will produce a new and permanent agreement to end the war. I just want the Rafah crossing to be opened for travel.

JULY 5, 2025

I told Yasser that the play is being perfomred again in Washington. This is his response: Although I have been rejecting all the details of my life since I was young, I never imagined that my voice would reach the United States of America, even though I was fond of American films and the American mind, and my destination and desire to travel was Germany or the United States of America in order to learn and build my life there. But you and the efforts of friends in making and presenting the play made me a person who can succeed in your presence. This news will be something I never dreamed of. May God bless you, my friend, and our friend Kitt and other friends all 🙂🇵🇸❤️

LATER THE SAME DAY: I will meet you. Two days ago my sister's husband reached Greece by sea from Turkey. We requested asylum there. Maybe one day we will follow these steps to obtain Greek documents and travel to you. This is my first plan to successfully leave Gaza.

JULY 4, 2025

This was posted by Yasser on his Facebook page: Never, never, never talk to a Palestinian about pain. He might consider your pain a picnic, and remain silent out of respect, not impotence. Never talk to him about sadness, for he is the one who wove a pillow from his mother's tears, and a cradle from the groans of his homeland for his troubled sleep. Never recount to him the chapters of suffering, for he is the one whose body was inscribed with the initial letters, who walked barefoot through the streets of the Nakba, carrying a child's coffin in his hand, and a homeland that never fades in his heart. Everything you think is the end of the world, a Palestinian might see as merely the beginning of a new day, a drop in the ocean, of pain, betrayal, and loss.

JULY 3, 2025

God bless you my friend. I really can no longer understand anything. I have reached the highest levels of despair. I don't know how I will continue to endure any longer. This is not a life that can be endured with patience. Maria is fine and she is improving. The effect of the medication was good.”

JUNE 27, 2025

Indeed we are approaching this end. It seems that Trump will protect Netanyahu and make the Israeli president pardon Netanyahu and Netanyahu will leave the political scene to settle in America. Relief is near. This farce will end soon. Hamas, Israel, the United States of America and Israel are the drivers of this farce in agreement among themselves, but the Palestinian people with their faith in God and their cause will prevail and rebuild.

JUNE 25, 2025

We are fine my friend. Maria seems to be in the early stages of a asthma attack. There is also an outbreak of skin diseases that have no cure yet. Nada and the children are suffering from it, especially throughout the night. The soil around us has become contaminated with people's waste and there is unfortunately no clean place. As for me, my back hurts again from carrying water all the time. The worst thing is that I have started to suffer psychologically and I try to stay alone and sometimes I cry. When will this nightmare end? It's a daily physical and mental effort. Our life is miserable in the midst of this chaos and no one can secure themselves. My mind has become so distracted that I can't think. I have even become burdened with everything. My children are young and they cannot help me with these tasks. Getting food also requires moving long distances and you cannot protect yourself from the bandits who are spread everywhere and the dangers of evacuation have become close. There is no hope, my friend.

JUNE 20, 2025

Note from Crystal: Communications are coming less frequently. There have been internet blackouts. I will post texts as I receive them. There is a much longer text from Yasser today asking me to contact some Chinese and American students who may want to produce the play. I won’t post that, but this is his response to how they are doing:

Everyone is fine, my friend. We struggle daily to provide drinking water, water for domestic consumption, and food.

All of these things are very exhausting.

Some of us have become primarily concerned with our children, far from taking care of ourselves.

We will continue until the end and we hope that we will all survive this war because the regional conditions are becoming more tense without knowing the end of it.

JUNE 15, 2025

We are fine my friends. Yes, I am still where I am. Many families have not been displaced from where I am now. What will happen to them will happen to me. Also, Israel is now mostly busy with Iran, but there is some bombing from time to time using warplanes. We hope that this escalation between Iran and Israel will be a way to end the war in Gaza.

(CZ: Unfortunately, I can’t seem to upload photos here, but Yasser sent a photo of his bombed out house, reduced to rubble.) From Yasser: If you remember the UNRWA school behind my house, this photo shows that our house is gone and that Khuza'a was completely wiped out.

JUNE 14, 2025

The Middle East will burn, just as Gaza did.

It seems we are at the beginning of a regional war.

We don't know what our fate in Gaza will be now, while the world is distracted by events in Iran and Israel.

JUNE 13, 2025

I am sorry for the interruption, my friends, due to the cutting of the Internet service in the Gaza Strip by the army.

We are fine, but the circumstances are extremely difficult. Also, with the outbreak of war between Iran and Israel, with the support of the United States, we hope this is the beginning of the end of this war.

JUNE 11, 2025

We are fine, my friend. We have become accustomed to the current circumstances, hoping for either an end to this war or a chance to leave Gaza. So far, neither has materialized. But we have not lost hope.

JUNE 9, 2025

The Israeli army has a team of psychological experts who manage the internal battle between the Palestinian people through Palestinian agents and mercenaries.

JUNE 8, 2025

Yasser: Despite death and hunger here, life does not stop here. When I look at the people in front of me walking in different shapes, some carrying their belongings, displaced, others returning home despite the road because they did not have a place to pitch their tent, some wearing beautiful clothes and going out to walk among the people and camps, and others racing against time to bring their daily sustenance, and all of this amidst an unprecedented intensity of fire, I am completely certain that we are a people who have nothing to do with what is happening here of killing and starvation that was imposed on us without the slightest real reason for what is happening.

Crystal: I know you have nothing to do with this nightmare except to be its victim. The news is finally reporting on the gangs who are paid by Israel to steal food, etc. while Israel continues to say it is Hamas. You told me long ago about these gangs. It has taken the media many months to catch up.

YasserL Yes, it's true. Those who live here know the truth, unlike what is reported in the media, because these media outlets are unfortunately controlled by Israel and the United States of America. Because governments want their people to know only what they want.

Crystal: Yasser, I want you to know that I hear from people who are checking the website for One Family in Gaza because I post your texts. Many are watching. You have much love coming from around the world.

Yasser: Thank God, this is a blessing from God, and this love from these friends will be of great importance in the future when I have the opportunity to go out, and I am confident that they will continue to stand with us.

I hope these efforts (for us to leave Gaza) succeed, my friend, because I am truly like a bird imprisoned in the bombing, yearning for freedom and to see the world. Here we die alive and are buried amidst this suffering without mercy. The best solution to restore ourselves is to leave Gaza and see the beauty of this world.

JUNE 6, 2025

From Yasser:

🔴 Israeli sources: Army movements in Khan Yunis:

Israeli army forces continue to advance toward the heart of Khan Yunis from the north and south as follows:

- North: Tanks advanced from the north toward the Street 5 area amid smoke bombs and gunfire in the Hamad neighborhood north of Khan Yunis.

- South: Tanks reached the college area amid heavy artillery shelling south of Khan Yunis.

🔘 The forces are accompanied by drones, combat helicopters, and intensive aerial and artillery bombardment.

Crystal: Where are you located?

Yasser: I am the beginning of the Mawasi of Khan Yunis. I did not leave my place. There is no place to go. Thank you, my friend. I hope we survive this massacre.

Crystal: All of your friends here are watching very closely and with concern. I am posting everything you send me to the website, so that many people can see the news. The pressure on Israel is increasing. Even the former Prime Minsiter of Israel is accusing Israel of war crimes. And most European countries. The US remains the country holding everyone hostage.

Yasser: I don’t see a solution in the near future.

JUNE 5, 2025

Crystal Are you ok? Please stay safe. Stay strong. How are the children doing? I have been telling people all over about you in the hope that someone will have enough influence to get you out. Are you able to get food and water? Are you able to get the money sent by Feirouz? I love you and I am praying every minute.

Yasser: Thank you, aunt. We buy whatever is available in the markets every day. But the situation on the ground is difficult. Yes, she can send the money when it reaches her account.

Crystal: I am glad to know that you can access some food and that money can reach you. We will continue to work to raise funds and hopefully to find a way to leave Gaza. insha'Allah.

Yasser: God bless you my friend. I wish I could leave Gaza every minute now. This life we are living is unbearable for the human mind.

JUNE 3, 2025

IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFLUENCE ANYWHERE TO GET THIS FAMILY TO SAFETY, PLEASE CONTACT ME. nanazevon@gmail.com

From Yasser just now (9am EDT) I'm near the evacuation zone. Specifically, at the beginning of the Mawasi area in Khan Yunis, close to Nasser Hospital, whose outer perimeter is being evacuated. I don't know what I'll do because I really don't have the energy to continue. I'll wait to see what happens.

JUNE 2, 2025

Feirouz: Did you see who was targeted?

Yasser: I went to see them and saw the injured people in the video and then one of them shouted that there was a second strike. Quickly it came out and then the second missile fell.

Netanyahu is playing with Watcov. What I see on the ground is that the Israeli plans to establish a buffer zone have not been finalized. What is happening now is that the army has not completed this step, which is considered the last in preparation for implementing the Egyptian plan. We only have a few days to complete this plan.

JUNE 1, 2025

CZ: Yasser sent a photo showing the bomb going off very near. Then he sent a video of the people running, carrying the injured. His car is in the photos. This all happened very close to him. He was next to the people who were injured. There is no safe place. For those who don’t know, Feirouz is the woman in New Zealand who runs the fundraising page and is getting the donations we raise to Yasser in Gaza. She has become a real friend to me and to Yasser, and the three of us all have different news sources, so we try to find the truth by sharing what we hear.

Yasser: This is my car and my father's car. The bombing was in front of us a short while ago. I was right next to those guys who were injured. Luckily I left seconds ago. The scene is difficult. I'm sorry. You can see my car and my dad's car.

Feirouz: Hamas speaking on the latest negotiations. Steve Witkoff is a con-man. Instead of supporting the original consensus paper, the American position described our response as a "step backward" and unacceptable, even though they know it is a strict adherence to what was agreed upon with them."

Crystal: Exactly. I heard an analysis saying that while Trump isn’t even paying attention, Netanyahu is successfully making Witkoff into a joke as he does Netanyahu’s bidding. Netanyahu wants him to look incapable so he won’t be trusted in negotiations with Iran. After the first negotiation when Witkoff met with Hamas, he came back and said “They are reasonable people who can be negotiated with.” That lasted about 2 minutes because Netanyahu blasted him and he had to back down. It’s all a political game at the expense of innocent people. It is unbearable.

Feirouz: June 20th can't come soon enough. People need to realise the urgency of the whole situation. It's getting out of hand. The killings need to be stopped at right this minute.

MAY 31, 2025

God bless you my friends. I am grateful to you. The scene just happened. There are gangs killing and injuring those carrying bags of flour that citizens bought from bandits. It is scary and sad.

I wish us all the best. If a truce is announced, our lives will be difficult because we will have to rebuild everything from scratch after losing our home. I hope there is a way out. I will definitely go out without hesitation.

From a conversation Later same day:

Crystal: I watched the Palestinian PA ambassador at the UN. He gave an impassioned speech and he broke down sobbing in the middle. Then, the Israeli ambassador spoke and was cold as ice saying Israel was providing aid, there was plenty of food, and Hamas was stealing the food which is why Gazans are hungry. It was dispicable.

Yasser: They are liars. For more than 60 days, nothing has entered Gaza. Moreover, merchants exploited our need by using the goods they previously stored. Now they are bringing in flour trucks and ordering the truck drivers to stop so that the flour can be stolen by Israeli mercenaries and sold to us at insane prices.

The scene today in the streets of Khan Yunis is like a zombie. People are running without looking right or left towards the flour trucks.

MAY 30, 2025

Crystal: This is the message Yasser sent to be read at the play tonight which is being perfomred tonight in Washington state where their orginal venue was shut down to them at the last minute by Zionists. The dedicated group found another venue and organized a protest as well. I asked Yasser if he had a message for the audience. This is his reply.

May God bless you all. I am grateful to all of you because my family has become the voice of Palestine. The voice of the suffering of my oppressed people, slaughtered with the collusion of Israel and Hamas together to destroy the Palestinian cause. As for me, I am a person who has lost a lot of focus. I used to have the mind of an engineer full of love for construction and reconstruction, but now I only think about how I will get food for my family. My children have become street children. We live in the street among passersby. We have nothing to cover us except a piece of cloth. I spend my entire day, from the early morning hours until I go to sleep, trying to secure water, which I carry from long distances so that my children can wash away the filth of this world in which we live here in the middle of the yellow sands in the outskirts of Khan Yunis. We are living in a real famine as my children, my wife and I crave and dream of food, which is the simplest thing for a human being. We dream of chocolate, chicken, and even bread. Whoever looks at us can see that we live a daily struggle in tent life to the point that people there neglect their personal hygiene from the amount of daily work to serve these children. Our life is limited to making food by any means to feed these children who keep asking for food without any sense of the reality we live in. These children have no real sense in this life because they lost their right to education and proper upbringing. The human mind cannot comprehend working in multiple frameworks, but here we listen to ourselves that can no longer bear anything, and between the endless demands of the children and the other thing, following the situation on the ground and listening to the news to see what the Israeli army is destroying and who among our friends and neighbors has been killed, and we await any news about our home and how it has become. Now we dream of the structure of the house remaining intact without walls, or even burned so that we can live in it despite the danger it will be from a building that can collapse at any moment because life in tents is difficult. Our concern has become great, which is living without a home, without water, without food, without electricity, without education, without clothes, and many of the things that we have lost in the home. My friends, the pain is great. Many times we say that the war is nearing its end, but unfortunately every day this destruction and suffering increases, and from one displacement to another life becomes more tragic. One of the voices of my neighbors, the father says to his children who are asking for food, go to Hamas, which was the reason for your hunger, not me, and the children cry. When I buy food for my children shyly, my nephews come and look at what I bought with shining eyes filled with hunger and shyness to ask for food. I sit them with me and feed them, but I cannot help everyone, and my heart cannot bear to see these children, whether they are related to me or not, go hungry for no reason. Yesterday I bought a bag of chips. I wanted to eat it for myself without the children seeing it, but I could not enjoy it without my children eating with me. One bag of chips used to cost 0.1 cents, now it costs 4 dollars. You cannot eat it alone, you have to feed everyone. We have lost a lot and a lot of this life and we no longer want anything but a little, even the very least, which is to stop this war and sleep in the rubble of my house without thinking about anything else.

MAY 25, 2025

We no longer believe all this news about European sanctions and ceasefire negotiations because Israel is the one that controls this world and is the one that makes the decisions and implements them. Yesterday I went to get a bag of flour from the place where the aid trucks were stolen. I found three types of people. The first type are the mafia and bandits, the second type is those who seek a livelihood through their ability to buy, and the last type is those who watch without being able to do anything. Gaza has become an unlivable jungle and the conditions on the ground are becoming increasingly difficult

MAY 22, 2025

Military action will begin in force in the northern Gaza Strip. Yesterday, bakeries began operating.

MAY 21, 2025

We are fine but the living conditions are very bad. We want bread... It is very expensive to get bread. It is not stinginess, but the value of exploitation prevents us from buying. A loaf of bread has become $40. I do everything I can to feed my children but every day I need $40 just for bread and some vegetables.

My father, my brother's family who is married to me, and also my sister's family who is married to me. I can't buy bread for my children to eat in front of their children. It's so sad. So I try to share with them too.

CZ: Is it dangerous for you to be texting us?

Yasser: I don't know, my friend. Now I know who walks beside me, whether in the street or in a coffee shop. I try not to stay outside the tent for long, because the targeting of Hamas members is great here these days. Danger surrounds us.

We are trying to provide internet close to the tent and I hope we succeed in that. It will save us a lot of effort and also provide us with safety as we do not have to leave the tent only to get food. The area where we are located has a lot of car traffic and it is dangerous for children because our tent is located on the island in the middle of the road. But the most important thing is that the water source is in front of us, whether for drinking or home use. So we only go out to get internet or food.

(NOTE: Since this text, I believe the family has been forced to evacuate again, and I don’t know where they are right now

MAY 20, 2025 JUST NOW FROM YASSER:

Hello 👋

I hope you all okay my friend. Unfortunately, we slept on the street and now we set up the tent in the middle of the street on the inner island. But everyone is fine, but the circumstances are difficult. I haven't read any new news in the past two days, but I hope someone is thinking of us.

Crystal: I gave him some of the latest news about France, UK and Canada demanding aid and ceasefire.

Yes, unfortunately, Khan Yunis has become a dangerous area. Even these late hours of the night, displacement is still ongoing. I will not stay online for long. I must return to the tent quickly. I hope that the post of help will be shared because the circumstances are difficult.

I hope it's true because we no longer believe anyone. We prefer death to continuing this life.

From another thread: My heart is broken my friends. This displacement is very exhausting and the bad news coming from Khuza'a is very sad. Many, many houses have been completely destroyed. It seems that my house was also damaged. We do not know the condition of the house and it seems that we will not be returning to Khuza'a

MAY 20, 2025.

Crystal to Yasser’s sister (she and Yasser’s mother have been in Cairo since before Oct. 7, 23 for Cancer Treatment): Hello, I hope you are well. Do you have any news of Yasser? We haven’t heard from him in several days. We know there were evacuation orders and we are concerned that we haven’t heard from him.

From Omahmed (Yasser’s sister in Cairo): Hello. My family and Yasser's are in a street in Khan Yunis. They slept the night in the street and set up their tent in the street because there is really no place for them to sit and there is no internet or network there. I spoke to them internationally and it is difficult to communicate. Anyway, thank God, for now they are staying in a tent in the street.

Crystal: Thank you for letting me know. I am praying the European's statements will help to end this genocide. I hope you are ok in Cairo.

Omahmed: Thank God, tomorrow, God willing. I have a nuclear scan. Thank you for your question.

MAY 19, 2025

Feirouz: BREAKING: The Israeli occupation army has just issued new displacement orders, demanding that residents of Khan Younis and the neighboring towns of Bani Suheila and Abasan immediately move westward to Al-Mawasi, already a death zone that has witnessed countless massacres by the Israeli army since the outbreak of the war.

Our Yasser has been forced to move again 🥺

Crystal: Have you heard from him? They have been bombing tents in Al-Mawaski. I just heard the Israelis do seem close to another ceasefire. Have you heard that?

Feirouz: No i haven't heard from him. Also haven't heard of any progress regarding a ceasefire deal but I'll be looking out for any updates.

Feirouz: Breaking | In a joint statement, the leaders of Britain, France, and Canada warned of concrete action if Israel does not change course in Gaza and the West Bank.

⭕️ Demanded an immediate halt to Israel’s renewed military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

⭕️ Called for the lifting of all restrictions on humanitarian aid entering Gaza.

⭕️ Condemned the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

⭕️ Warned that continued settlement expansion undermines the viability of a Palestinian state and the security of both Palestinians and Israelis.

⭕️ Pledged to take further steps, including targeted sanctions, if Israel fails to comply.

Crystal: Wow. This is the best news I've heard in a very long time. Thank you! 🙏 🇵🇸🇵🇸

Feirouz: I've asked Sonya about whether she's heard about Yasser and she told me that his sister and her family are moving out of Bani Suhayla and into Mawasi. She's going to ask them specifically about Yasser tonight, let's see if he has moved with them.

Crystal: I hope so. He’s usually so regular about letting us know he’s ok. But, it could be no internet. I will try to contact his sister in Cairo today.

MAY 17, 2025

Feirouz: Everything is going downhill since Trump's trip to the Middle East. Hamas is basically calling Trump a liar for not pressuring the other side into a ceasefire. The occupational army started a ground invasion into Gaza two days ago and it's just been madness since then.

Crystal: I know. I am so disappointed that no one held Trump's feet to the fire before making billion dollar deals. Hamas was duped by that US negotiator. I am very nervous. I haven't heard from Yasser in a couple days. Have you?

LATER from YASSER: We are fine my friend. But the bad news is that the Israeli army started an attack on my village Khuza'a and a lot of black smoke is rising from my village, especially in the Al-Raida neighborhood, which is the neighborhood where I live. Khuza'a has lost a lot of people in the past days without being able to reach it. In the past hours they are saying that there are serious negotiations, maybe a ceasefire will be announced soon. We hope so.

Feirouz: How is the food situation? No more eating grass i hope?

YASSER: Very little, my friend. Tomorrow I will buy them sandwiches with small slices of meat, for me, Linda, the kids and my father, worth up to 200 dollars. Our bodies have weakened.

MAY 15, 2025

We are fine, my aunt, but tonight was terrifying. Dozens of rockets fell on the eastern areas of Khan Yunis, and the planes were flying over our heads. Also, the sounds of the rockets whistling as they fell were above our heads. Unfortunately, the bombing is still ongoing, and the lion's share of the destruction of homes was in the villages of Khuza'a and Abasan. Many homes were bombed in the vicinity of our house in Khuza'a, and this morning, three people were martyred when they went to check on their homes in Khuza'a. The situation is becoming more tense, but now there is hope that Trump's visit will end. The sounds of the bombing are accelerating at this mmoment.. It seems that all the houses in Khuza'a will be blown up and destroyed, turning it into a barren land as they did in Rafah.

MAY 12, 2025

God bless you my friend, and I wish you health and wellness as well. Your health is important to me. It is my duty to take care of you as well, just as you do. As far as we are concerned, we are all fine, but I am suffering greatly with myself. I live a gloomy and meaningless life. I feel that I am truly useless in this world.

Today there was a 12-hour humanitarian truce. Everyone left the camp to go home, but I didn't leave the tent. I feel like nothing matters in this world.

MAY 10, 2025

Trump is a deal-maker who doesn't like wars, and that's what he's doing now. Yes, this news is being circulated through the media here. But the hidden side is that there is no planning without Israel. The relationship between the United States of America and Israel is a partnership despite everyone's opposition, and what is happening now is a huge trap for Gaza, Hamas, and the entire Middle East. I believe Trump will succeed in this. The strangest thing I read is that Gaza will be the 51st state of the United States of America in the future.

The displacement will be from the north of Gaza to the south for the purpose of providing aid. This is a joint plan with the United States. Now the Gaza Strip will be prepared for the next phase of the war, which is to reconfigure the geography of the Gaza Strip to suit Israeli security and American ambitions for gas and oil. They say the United States will invest $200 billion in Gaza for the reconstruction process.

CZ: I am hearing that everyone will be forced toward Rafah, and then Israel will implement the so-called ‘voluntary’ evacuation.

Yasser: This is what the Hebrew media is reporting: If this happens, voluntary migration will only be to East Asian and African countries. No Palestinian would accept such absurdity. This is what only the Israeli right is planning, but the Israeli army knows that implementing it will be extremely difficult.

We are fine, my dear friend, all of us. We are really facing difficulty in providing food, but fortunately we have not reached the current famine conditions. We are perhaps the luckiest so far. I have half a kilo of flour, which will help us hold on more until UNRWA distributes aid again, as they say in the news. Other than that, the situation on the ground is still difficult. The bombing continues in all areas, and the sounds of drones are still flying over our heads. But everyone is optimistic about Trump’s move, although we know that there is an American and Israeli plan being hatched against Gaza. The problem is not Hamas at all, the problem is the Palestinian people, but we will stand firm here until the end. Those of the Palestinian people who remained in Gaza and did not leave carry a badge of honor in front of this unjust world, and the proof is that the India-Pakistan war ended quickly. Gaza, with its small area and its defenseless people, is being exterminated and its lives, memories, and history are being destroyed with the help of Hamas and its stubbornness, and the malice of Israel and the implementation of its historical plans.

CZ: I told him how his community of supporters here are always proud of him and the ways that he has managed to care for his family against impossible odds and unliviable conditions. I also let him know I am posting his words here so that everyone can read them.

Thank you, my friend. I am also proud of your friendship, because you all played a major role in our resilience during this genocide. He who does not thank people does not thank God, and I am very grateful to all of you. The war will end and this occupation will disappear, but the effects of the current war in Gaza will continue for decades.

MAY 8, 2025

The good news is that the mother of this family is starting to stabilize. We all hope that she recovers from this injury. Her children and daughters need her. Trump will say important things today about Gaza. Everyone is saying that a deal may be made in the next two days. I hope that won't happen. We can't take it anymore

Everyone is fine. Thank God. Tonight and this morning are quiet. We hope this news brings an end to this war and a return home..

MAY 7, 2025

CZ: About a year ago, I bought a phone when we thought we had a way to get it to Yasser and Nada via a doctor going to Gaza. It didn’t work out, so I still have the phone. This message from Yasser comes after a discussion about the phone.

Don't worry too much my friend about the phone if we have any more lifespan we will get it from you face to face Insha Allah. Today was bloody in my village in front of our house our neighbor was martyred and his wife was seriously injured. I cried and grieved a lot for his young children as they cried. The conditions are very harsh here. Famine is hitting hard and unfortunately the insecurity and thefts have become completely unbearable. But I thank you all and my heart is broken for your help in delivering our friends donations to my family. I am very grateful to you and I hope that Trump will do it in the middle of this month and stop this massacre or at least that they will allow us to get food because I really want to eat

No, no, don't cry, my friend, because it makes me sad when I hear you cry. My family and I are strong when you are strong and happy and you strive to get money for my family. That gives us strength because we cling to you as a line of defense and salvation for my family. God bless you, I am happy to have you by our side, my friend.

MAY 5, 2025

Wala

Smotrich:

We have divided the area: South of the Morag axis, civilians will be relocated for security purposes, and humanitarian aid will be received there. North of Morag, it will become a barren area, devoid of enemy supplies.

I'm planning to buy a phone that accepts a SIM card because if the current evacuation plan to Rafah is implemented, we'll be cut off from the rest of the world. Unfortunately, the cheapest phone currently costs $2,700. The Israeli army only allows these phones into Gaza to withdraw cash.

Payment will be in cash. This means that we will add 40% of the amount to get the cash.

Feirouz: InshaAllah brother. It's insane what the occupation has planned for the people of Gaza and I'm glad that international organisations across the world are rejecting their illegal plans. I'm hoping the world's rejection would eventually lead to their downfall.

Yasser: The Israeli occupation will not stop at this refusal. They will continue to implement their plans. I just read a lot of news. The coming days will be hell.

MAY 3, 2025

Thank you my friends. The only positive thing here is that everyone is starting to be optimistic about the end of the war in the next two weeks before Trump's trip to the Middle East. Then I hope we will be allowed to travel. I appreciate the efforts you are making for my family.

MAY 2, 2025

Yes, unfortunately, my friend. Our conditions are getting worse, whether in terms of food, because we have truly fallen into famine and the greed of merchants, or on the ground after the Israeli army announced the expansion of its operation in the Gaza Strip yesterday. Perhaps increasing this pressure was deliberate before Trump came to power. But the situation is difficult. I am sorry for the lack of communication.

My brother has American student friends who have helped a large number of Palestinian families make their relationships successful through their activities on campuses. I hope to obtain their phone numbers to share them with them. If we obtain these numbers, you can contact them as the writer of the play and show it to them. Perhaps they will also have a positive impact on their success.

Unfortunately, Trump changed the course of this entire world in just the first quarter of his first year in office. These students I'm telling you about have previous experience in making bonds successful because we really need money, my friend, after the cash liquidity ratio approached 40%. Also, Israel began withdrawing cash from the Gaza market through merchants. This will increase our suffering in the coming days. The famine we are witnessing now, whether in the south or the north, is worse than what it was previously in the north.

We are fine my friends. Israel will not allow anything to enter Gaza and anyone who approaches puts himself in danger. Israel is using very precise weapons here in Gaza and it will not be difficult for them to stop this charity flotilla coming to Gaza. The coming days will be very difficult until Trump comes to Saudi Arabia. We have difficult days ahead of us. Yesterday, the hungry people in the Gaza Strip went out to the markets and took everything available without asking anyone's permission, and those who stopped them were beaten and abused. This is not a fantasy, it is like a scene from a Hollywood movie.

APRIL 29, 2025

May God bless you all my friends. Unfortunately we have started to feel the famine again. Very few goods are available here in the markets and the prices are very high. Indeed, you are always a source of safety for me, my friends.

APRIL 27, 2025

CZ to Yasser: The news gets worse by the day. Yasser, are you ok? I continue to search for ways out of Gaza. I wrote again to the lawyer in Ireland, but no response. I will keep working on it. I am sorry I don’t yet have any good news.

YASSER: Indeed my friend Crystal I don't want to charge you with more negative energy but Gaza is heading for the worse after the Israeli army decided that the humanitarian zone will be Rafah from the Moraghi axis to the Philadelphi axis. This means that we will live there for years until the Gaza Strip is reconstructed if we are unable to travel. The future will be bad even though there is a chance for a temporary truce, but the implementation of the Egyptian plan for reconstruction as well as voluntary migration is the title of the next stage

I'm glad there's a desire to bring back the play and I hope the benefits will be greater in the future. Unfortunately, our monthly expenses have become $5,000. And our cash flow has reached 34%. This means that my actual expenses are $3,500, but I need $1,500 in cash to add to the amount. It's becoming more stressful.

I'm sorry I mentioned it in the past, but my friend, the matter has become more complicated. In any case, we must eat at all costs, especially the children.

APRIL 25, 2025

CZ: The big focus now is on finding a way to leave Gaza. There are rumors that Israel will allow some to leave in return for renouncing their land and Palestinian identity. Here is Yasser's response when I asked if this was offered, would he accept.

From Yasser: If emigration becomes a reality and within a known mechanism, I will definitely leave. Because when I obtain another nationality, I can enter Gaza at any time after that. My goal from now on is to obtain another nationality in addition to Palestinian, so that I can return whenever I want in the future.

Because the Palestinian Authority will fight for a Palestinian state in the future, and the world will submit to the establishment of a Palestinian state in the future. During this period, I will have created a secure future for my family, and we will return with all our strength to Palestine. But now we must leave the current battlefield, no matter the cost, and I am confident of that. All friends welcome us anytime, anywhere.

APRIL 23, 2025

…unfortunately, there are quite a few people leaving the Gaza Strip through Ramon Airport, but the method remains unclear. Many have also said that leaving will require them to relinquish ownership of Palestine forever. This is a risky venture for some, which is abandoning their Palestinian identity. However, I hope that we will be allowed to leave, but without this condition.

APRIL 22, 2025

This is CZ writing when we hadn't heard from Yasser in several days: Good Morning, I have been in conversation with Feirouz. She has learned that the solar panels and energy sources where Yasser is have been destroyed which is why we haven’t heard from him. They’re being repaired now. The fighting near them has dramatically intensified and is very concerning. Feirouz heard this: Israel is reportedly offering Gazans $5,000, a job, housing, and a monthly salary to permanently leave Gaza for countries like France, Greece, or Malaysia.

APRIL 20, 2025

Knowing that our family is a voice for Gaza makes me proud. It gives me hope of life outside and that one day we must get to enjoy this. We haven't lost hope yet, my friend. But despair has controlled all of us here, not just me. Everyone around me only hopes for survival because what's coming will be scary when the Israeli army carries out the threat of a comprehensive attack. Every day we lose friends here and everyone here is waiting for their turn to either survive or die. But we are all fine, my friend, and we help each other here as much as we can. My children and Nada love you all.

APRIL 1, 2025

I only have a bag of flour that will last me for 3 weeks. I bought two tents yesterday. My old tent is no longer suitable due to the intense heat. One for my dad and little brother and the other for me and my family. Now we are trying to buy flour and some supplies.

Maria is almost two years old, but unfortunately she's only seen injustice and a life full of suffering. Tonight she woke up crying hard because an insect had bitten her. So she woke up early to change the tent. The children are our future and it is our paternal, humanitarian and religious duty to take the best care so they can smile. 

MARCH 24, 2025

From CZ: Over the last few days, there have been a flurry of texts between Yasser and myself. The ‘application’ to go to Canada that was in my last entry was probably confusing. It was to me. So, I asked Yasser for some clarification. I tried repeatedly to call the Toronto phone number and it was never answered. I have spent a good part of today researching possibilites and it seems Canada has filled all its refugee spaces, along with other requirements that we don’t meet. I won’t bore you with the copious details, but just wanted to keep those who are following this up-to-date. We now have to communicate via WhatsApp in Arabic, so it’s a lot of back and forth with google translator, then to post here is the process in reverse. So, I will try to post some from today. There were more yesterday.

From Yasser responding to my questions about the Canada application: Michael is the owner of this number. If he doesn't answer the call, it means he's lying. We contacted him via WhatsApp.He told me these details via WhatsApp. If he doesn't answer, you can contact the Canadian Embassy and the Red Cross.

From Yasser later in the day: Everyone is fine, my friend. But the conditions on the ground do not bode well. Heavy artillery shelling from time to time. Aerial bombardment is also ongoing. Reconnaissance planes are flying intensively. Last night was difficult, and it seems this night will be difficult as well.

The children are fine. Maria is recovering. I have purchased many necessary medications. Mohammed has a skin rash. The doctor told us there is no cure, but it will go away with time. However, it hurts him and makes his face itch severely. But his health is good, and that is the most important thing.

The scene now, my friend. Now we go to sleep, our bodies tired and exhausted from the work we do to serve our children and our families. Overhead, planes of all kinds fly, making terrifying and frightening sounds. There are also the sounds of bombing and shelling, and the red color that fills the sky in this intense darkness. We sleep against our will. Our bodies' energy cannot endure day and night. In the middle of the night, we wake up against our will because of the sounds of bombing and planes.

Tomorrow I'll go look for 10 liters of gasoline for the car. One night costs about $100. I need $1,000. It's so funny. It used to cost $2.50, and now it's $100. I can't refuse. I'll have to buy it. This is directed at those who are stingy with support. We need everything to survive. Money is worthless compared to the lives of our children and ourselves.

March 22, 2025

From Yasser to Feirouz this morning:Hello my friend. How are you? I was able to get a monthly package to connect to WhatsApp and Telegram only. We are fine, but unfortunately the days of pain have returned. Everything has disappeared from the market, and our conditions are very bad. We thought it was impossible for this war to return again after the world showed great solidarity with Gaza in the truce agreement, but unfortunately it turned out that this world is subject to Israel and the United States of America. They are the ones who decide the policy of this world. We need you more than ever now because we are not psychologically or physically prepared for these days after we achieved stability. Tell Crystal to read what I sent on WhatsApp. A number of residents here left through the Red Cross. Let her read what she sent, so that she can contact this consulting office in Canada to ensure the correctness of dealing with it.

More from him: Yes, we are now in Bani Suhaila. The tent has been set up here. Many of those who left Khuza'a settled in Bani Suhaila. Water is available here, and this is essential for stability. But we hope that there will be solutions to this tragedy soon.

CZ: Here I had pasted a long list of requirements from someone who came to Yasser via WhatsApp. I have removed them because it became apparent that it was a scam. Imagine profiting off of people experiencing genocide. Back to Yasser’s texts;

This may be a case of fraud. But we have nothing to lose by speaking to this man through his phone number and also requesting the location of his company or consulting office and the official licenses to operate. After we finish our call, to confirm what he said, we should contact the Canadian Embassy and the Red Cross to confirm whether this evacuation method was coordinated with them and whether it was the correct method. If this man's method is incorrect, we can ask them to clarify the method used for the families who left Gaza via the Red Cross.

The car played a significant role in transporting my family quickly and also protecting them from the rain. Send it to Jackson and Lucy. May God bless them. (For those who don’t know, 2 generous donors helped Yasser to purcase a car which has served them well many times over)

February 11, 2026

Now.. and very dangerous..

Netanyahu speaks on his own behalf in his statement now:

“The cabinet has adopted Trump's position to return all prisoners by Saturday afternoon and has also adopted Trump's revolutionary vision regarding Gaza.

If Hamas does not return all prisoners by Saturday afternoon, we will return to war violently.

Therefore, I have ordered the reinforcement of forces around Gaza and inside Gaza in preparation for returning to war.”

From Yasser: The reconnaissance planes flying in the sky are not empty, but rather they seem to be preparing for war again.

Israel will probably issue warnings but I think there will be a first strike for Israel. We can't do anything but wait. Maybe there will be a miracle but the most powerful man in the world takes the position now and the disaster will be greater

February 9, 2026

My mother is still in Egypt and so far there is no way for her to return to Gaza. It seems that Israel will change the course of the war and will not use military intervention in the coming periods. All their leaders have started talking about voluntary immigration and finding countries that will receive the Palestinians. This is the next stage of the war with procrastination with the reconstruction process so that life seems impossible here in Gaza. The children are fine. They play and have fun all the time. Yesterday we went to register Yousef in a private school and also Mohammed in a private kindergarten. The start date of school will be next week. This is the best thing the children will get. Fortunately, the neighboring village, Abasan al-Kabira, was not badly damaged. All services are available there and it is relatively close to us. My cousin who was released from prison is in good health, but what he says is that the captivity was very difficult and there are many in captivity who need prayers and to be released from this oppressive suffering. Here the weather has been cloudy and rainy for the past four days, which has increased the suffering of finding a source of energy to charge phones and cut off the internet and also to lift water to the tanks on the roof of the house. The suffering still exists but we are the best among all. Praise be to God.

The children must visit you, aunt. And we must meet you, even if it is temporary. To see you and see the beauty of this world. But let us see what data will appear before us so that we can decide our fate. But we will never abandon our country and beloved Gaza.

February 8, 2025

Of course my friend. As for those who left with the idea of displacement, I can leave if returning is allowed at any time. I will not decide to leave Gaza before I am sure that this exit will not be displacement. My mother, father and family are here, I cannot leave them here. Yousef Hat is the one who rejects the idea and he does not know what displacement means. He tells me and says.. Father, I will not go to France or America. I want to go to Jerusalem. Most of the children of Gaza have the same mentality as Yousef. In all honesty, my aunt. Palestine and its soil are purer than all the countries of the world and the evidence is that all the countries of the world gathered to kill Gaza, but our steadfastness is what foiled all the plans. Also, I and many others, and also Yousef, reject the idea of leaving without returning. I hope that this does not happen. At least we want a chance to leave and meet all the friends and gather ourselves so that we can return to Gaza strong.

Today I was busy waiting for one of our cousins to be released from prison after being held accountable in this war for a whole year. The scene of the prisoners meeting their families was very sad, and the saddest were the prisoners deported to Gaza from the West Bank who have no one to meet them. Heartbreaking scenes.

February 5, 2025

We are safe, aunt. Only Mohammed hit the same wall as a result of escaping the sound of gunfire that was close. Otherwise, everything is quiet. The rain has reached here. For the first time this year, we will see the rain falling without leaking into our sleeping place. Mohammed is the one who has been most affected by the tragedy of war. He is still afraid of the sounds of shells and also the machine gun fire that is fired from time to time. His last fear is that the rain will leak inside. He used to ask me before he went to sleep. Is the rain over? Will there be rain at night? In response, I asked him which is stronger, concrete or a tent. He replied, laughing, concrete. Then he went to sleep smiling

February 5, 2025

The (voluntary) evacuation of Gazans project, which will be discussed by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation next Sunday for the first time.

The project was presented by Ben Gvir.

Its most important provisions:

1. A resident of Gaza who chooses to leave will be able to receive a set of financial assistance, which will be determined by the Finance Ministry.

2. Anyone convicted of committing operations against the occupation. Or who was in detention due to activity, will not be eligible for assistance.

3. A person who received a departure basket and requested to return, even if he left as a minor, will be required to pay a sum double the amount he received, in addition to the differences and interest.

If he does not return the money, he will be prevented from entering Gaza or any other area in Israel.

Latest statement minutes ago

President Trump:

Palestinians have no alternative but to leave Gaza.

The internet is bad aunt. I didn't watch what I read but I'm fine. I'll answer soon.

February 11, 2026

Now.. and very dangerous..

Netanyahu speaks on his own behalf in his statement now:

“The cabinet has adopted Trump's position to return all prisoners by Saturday afternoon and has also adopted Trump's revolutionary vision regarding Gaza.

If Hamas does not return all prisoners by Saturday afternoon, we will return to war violently.

Therefore, I have ordered the reinforcement of forces around Gaza and inside Gaza in preparation for returning to war.”

From Yasser: The reconnaissance planes flying in the sky are not empty, but rather they seem to be preparing for war again.

Israel will probably issue warnings but I think there will be a first strike for Israel. We can't do anything but wait. Maybe there will be a miracle but the most powerful man in the world takes the position now and the disaster will be greater

February 9, 2026

My mother is still in Egypt and so far there is no way for her to return to Gaza. It seems that Israel will change the course of the war and will not use military intervention in the coming periods. All their leaders have started talking about voluntary immigration and finding countries that will receive the Palestinians. This is the next stage of the war with procrastination with the reconstruction process so that life seems impossible here in Gaza. The children are fine. They play and have fun all the time. Yesterday we went to register Yousef in a private school and also Mohammed in a private kindergarten. The start date of school will be next week. This is the best thing the children will get. Fortunately, the neighboring village, Abasan al-Kabira, was not badly damaged. All services are available there and it is relatively close to us. My cousin who was released from prison is in good health, but what he says is that the captivity was very difficult and there are many in captivity who need prayers and to be released from this oppressive suffering. Here the weather has been cloudy and rainy for the past four days, which has increased the suffering of finding a source of energy to charge phones and cut off the internet and also to lift water to the tanks on the roof of the house. The suffering still exists but we are the best among all. Praise be to God.

The children must visit you, aunt. And we must meet you, even if it is temporary. To see you and see the beauty of this world. But let us see what data will appear before us so that we can decide our fate. But we will never abandon our country and beloved Gaza.

February 8, 2025

Of course my friend. As for those who left with the idea of displacement, I can leave if returning is allowed at any time. I will not decide to leave Gaza before I am sure that this exit will not be displacement. My mother, father and family are here, I cannot leave them here. Yousef Hat is the one who rejects the idea and he does not know what displacement means. He tells me and says.. Father, I will not go to France or America. I want to go to Jerusalem. Most of the children of Gaza have the same mentality as Yousef. In all honesty, my aunt. Palestine and its soil are purer than all the countries of the world and the evidence is that all the countries of the world gathered to kill Gaza, but our steadfastness is what foiled all the plans. Also, I and many others, and also Yousef, reject the idea of leaving without returning. I hope that this does not happen. At least we want a chance to leave and meet all the friends and gather ourselves so that we can return to Gaza strong.

Today I was busy waiting for one of our cousins to be released from prison after being held accountable in this war for a whole year. The scene of the prisoners meeting their families was very sad, and the saddest were the prisoners deported to Gaza from the West Bank who have no one to meet them. Heartbreaking scenes.

February 5, 2025

We are safe, aunt. Only Mohammed hit the same wall as a result of escaping the sound of gunfire that was close. Otherwise, everything is quiet. The rain has reached here. For the first time this year, we will see the rain falling without leaking into our sleeping place. Mohammed is the one who has been most affected by the tragedy of war. He is still afraid of the sounds of shells and also the machine gun fire that is fired from time to time. His last fear is that the rain will leak inside. He used to ask me before he went to sleep. Is the rain over? Will there be rain at night? In response, I asked him which is stronger, concrete or a tent. He replied, laughing, concrete. Then he went to sleep smiling

February 5, 2025

The (voluntary) evacuation of Gazans project, which will be discussed by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation next Sunday for the first time.

The project was presented by Ben Gvir.

Its most important provisions:

1. A resident of Gaza who chooses to leave will be able to receive a set of financial assistance, which will be determined by the Finance Ministry.

2. Anyone convicted of committing operations against the occupation. Or who was in detention due to activity, will not be eligible for assistance.

3. A person who received a departure basket and requested to return, even if he left as a minor, will be required to pay a sum double the amount he received, in addition to the differences and interest.

If he does not return the money, he will be prevented from entering Gaza or any other area in Israel.

Latest statement minutes ago

President Trump:

Palestinians have no alternative but to leave Gaza.

The internet is bad aunt. I didn't watch what I read but I'm fine. I'll answer soon.

February 1, 2025

Today we went to play football with my cousins. In the old field where we used to play football before the war started, unfortunately the entrance to Khuza'a is close to the border and there is a military site that the army recently established. Unfortunately, there were 10 minutes of machine gun fire and sound bombs near it. We all lay down on the ground during this period. The whistle of these bullets above us went

January 28, 2025  UPDATE(afternoon):  Regarding the Rafah crossing Anyone who is going to travel will not be able to return to Gaza at all.. It will be opened in one direction only and with intelligence verification for travel. This news has been reported in all news outlets here.

I am also very frustrated. Traveling to Egypt is very expensive and we will not be able to return to Gaza. This means that we need to pay rent for an apartment that will reach $1000 at the beginning of this year after taxes are imposed on them. Also, every month we need more than $2000 in monthly expenses for food, drink, children's supplies, going to school and kindergarten.

We would rather die in Gaza than this humiliation.

Mifzaki Ra'am: The D9 bulldozers that Biden banned arrived in Israel today. THERE IS A PHOTO OF BULLDOZERS HERE.

Look at this news. It gives us evidence that the Trump-Netanyahu scheme is working without stopping or any obstacles.

I am not afraid of anything because I actually survived this devastating war with my family. Now we must rest a little and then start finding solutions. I am also confident that I am surrounded by true friends who will never abandon us. Only death can separate us.

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January 27, 2025 (morning): The bad news now is Trump's plan. The Rafah crossing will only be opened in the direction of exit from Gaza, no return. The second thing is that Egypt will not allow anyone to travel outside Egypt.

I still haven't felt really comfortable in my home because I'm worried about what Trump will do in the next stages of the war.

Now there is a lot of pressure on Egypt to accept the Palestinians and the same is the case in Jordan. Trump has started his work. Unfortunately, until now there is no decision to return those stranded in Egypt. I must leave Gaza. But not in this way. I leave it for Egypt and stay there. Egypt is not suitable for our lives. Their people suffer from the difficulty of living. Therefore, staying in Gaza is easier than traveling and staying in Egypt. But the idea of traveling in the long term, if we are allowed to travel to Europe and America, I will leave without hesitation. But Egypt, no and a thousand times no.

I still haven't felt really comfortable in my home because I'm worried about what Trump will do in the next stages of the war.

I hope that at the latest we will be allowed to attend the World Cup in the United States of America in 2026. I will go there.

It will be available to us. A real entry visa will be available.

I am waiting for our friend in France to confirm the show date, place and time. She is also working on rehearsals for the play. Sian told me she got the updated version from you and I am waiting for an update on her actor son. I am very optimistic about our further success. Indeed, if I can't find a way to travel from Egypt. I will wait for the World Cup.

January 27, 2025  This is a picture of my uncle and his son who was martyred. (I haven’t figured out how to add photos, but Yasser sent a photo of his uncle with his son who was martyred. His uncle has been digging in the rubble for weeks to recover his son’s body. He was found today - just bits of bones, but his cell phone was found there which is how they identified the bones. cz.)

Our play will be a great success. After the war is over people will start to reveal the truth and this play is the truth of our suffering. I hope this priest can take up the play and perform it in the church. My French friend is not very talkative but she told me they will be ready in time for the performance. About Spain she did not talk about it. It seems she did not get an update from her Spanish friend. (Yasser has a FB friend in France who believed she could help get him into Europe. She is also producing the play in France. cz)

Everyone is fine my friend. They all sleep soundly without any fear. Even Maria has started sleeping a lot in the afternoon and at night. But Mohammed has not recovered from urinating during the night despite reaching the age of 4.5.

So far there is no real relief despite the entry of a large amount of aid but we have not received anything and also the prices are still high but not as before. The situation is gradually improvin

What my family is going through is what many families here are going through, but the good thing is that we can face whatever happens to us. Today I was able to bring a bag of flour and a carton of canned food from the previous representative from Al Mawasi. I went to the place where we used to live. Many people are preparing to return to the north of the Gaza Strip. Fortunately, I was able to bring this aid before the representative returned to the north of Gaza.

But they say if you want to stay in Europe it's better to apply for asylum in Belgium. At least there they will provide a salary for the children and the mother. That would help a lot, but Spain doesn't do that. Let's see what places Trump will allow us to travel to because he's starting to wave voluntary immigration.

I hope they (the refugees going home to the North) survive there. Because everything is destroyed. Living in the middle of destruction is catastrophic.

January 26, 2025 We recovered the body of my cousin Raghad Abu Rida, the martyr. It was made up of small bones. We found his phone next to him.

January 25, 2025 The scenes are tough. My uncle goes every day to try to get his son out of the rescue, but unfortunately all attempts fail. The separation is very difficult.

January 22, 2025 The first day here at home when the planes faded from the sky I still felt like there were rings in my ears even though the sky was clear and this is what happens with Maria too. I hope the agreement lasts so we can think better about the future. Fortunately my house is only partially damaged. It is raining heavily now. May God help those who have no home now.

Really now we have to pray for the truce to continue and to allow us to travel and also at least to restore our lives here. Because one of the funny situations here is with Maria. She fell on the floor in the house, knowing that the floor of the house is made of ceramics, she stood on her feet and then cleaned herself, she thought that she fell on the sand. Also the other situation Maria when she entered the house started to feel the walls because she did not live in concrete houses. She is really a child of war. This situation told me how much we were all affected by the circumstances of war and the daily life that we went through in this war. The circumstances will not be easy to return the psychological conditions of children to the right direction. Also Youssef and Mohammed when they went to bed on the first night here in the house. They started staring at the ceiling of the house. I looked at them and asked them are you afraid? They told me no, but her looks and facial expressions told me that they had forgotten how to live in our house and the other thing is that they asked when we will return to the tent. Their minds are still scattered. But I will not give up in order to save them from this war

I really can't believe that Rachel Corrie's parents are in (the audience for) the play. I remember her picture. I was very young. It was a year ago I think. I will email Kit and Keith to thank them. They seem to have done a very good job. I am happy that we have secured other places to perform. My family's voice is the voice of all Palestinian families. This is a historic achievement for my family to be a platform for Palestine. I hope that in the future the play will be in my voice and my children's voices and also with Fairuz there with us. The future will be better.

January 21, 2025 I have a cousin who is still missing under the rescue of this house. We are still making efforts here from time to time to try to get his body out.

I'm also concerned that Trump had said that he is not confident with the ceasefire.

Hamas and the resistance confirmed that they will commit to receiving the prisoners and implementing the agreement.

January 19, 2025

Yes, the house has partial damage, broken doors and windows. There are also cracks, traces of gunfire and other things in the plumbing and electricity, but I can live in it. I closed everything with covers. Our house is really close to the buffer zone. Today, 15 martyrs were killed in Khuza'a because they were close to this area. We hope that no one will be injured in the coming days. The danger is still ongoing. But we hope that this truce is the beginning of the end of everything.

January 17, 2025

From CZ: There have been many text exchanges with Yasser as the ceasefire negotiations have been taking place. They went from jubilation to disappointment to planning how to react when/if the ceasefire is implemented. We are hopeful that there may be a window where people will be able to leave Gaza. So, we are reaching out for desperately needed funds to make this happen for Yasser’s family. We have a PayPal that will go directly into his bank. Please donate if you can.  https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Z4B7XR2FYYBK6

 I just received a text from Yasser: Thank you my friend. Blessed efforts always. I hope we succeed in this. Because the possibility of the negotiations failing is likely. They also say that the army has begun preparing military operational plans in case the second phase negotiations fail.

JANUARY 14, 2024

Strong expectations from official sources:

The Rafah land crossing will be opened in both directions on 3/2/2025

After the formation of a governmental national reconciliation committee under the supervision of the Palestinian Authority

At that time we might be able to travel if things continue to go right.

January 12, 2025

Yes, by spreading awareness about what is happening here because the impact in your country is greater than here. Here is the only arena for implementing the plans and there is the place where the fruits will be reaped, whether positive or negative. But let us hope that these are the last 24 hours at the end of the war because Trump's envoy is moving strongly, as the news says, with direct intervention from Trump to end this war. But Trump is planning a new chapter in this war, but in an elegant way.

(The daily life of Yassar and Nada on a ‘normal’ day)

Our daily life is repeated continuously without stopping. Nada and I always start our day by waking up very early, of course, without getting enough sleep at night because of Maria’s screams resulting from the sound of nearby shelling and sometimes the annoying sounds of reconnaissance planes that do not allow them to sleep well, in addition to the sounds of stray dogs that eat human flesh, so she is very rabid. Fortunately, a stray dog walked quickly next to Maria a few days ago, and one of the neighbors took it away from her. Also, the suffering at night is represented in changing Maria’s clothes that get wet because they are full of her excrement. Also, we could not convince Mohammed, who is 4.5 and a half years old, to leave his diapers at night because of the extreme cold and the unsanitary environment that prevents him from controlling his urine. Our suffering because of this continues throughout the night. This results in piles of clothes that need to be washed daily. Also, during the day, we need to change their clothes constantly because of their constant playing in the sand, and also the damage of heating the water to bathe them after a day full of playing in the sand, and also the stains that result from eating on the clothes.  Since about five in the morning our day starts here and the children are the most annoying. The first thing they ask for after the suffering of the night is food. We must have a food supply in order to avoid the children crying in the morning for food. In addition to that we must rearrange the tent by arranging the bed in front of the bed by arranging the mattresses and blankets and rearranging the bags and suitcases of clothes in order to prepare the tent to become a place to live unlike the place it was in a few minutes ago for sleeping. The tent is a place to sleep and eat and also to receive guests at times and also to cook food.

After finishing breakfast, we have to wash our hands and faces and arrange the children's clothes, especially Youssef, in order to prepare for going to school and also review what we studied the previous day. All of this ends at approximately 8:30 in the morning. After that, Mohammed and Maria go out to play with the children of the camp. Nada prepares to wash the clothes and I also prepare to carry water for this washing. In the meantime, I also have to go to the market to buy food and what we need for the day, whether food or food needs. At the same time, Nada finishes the washing and waits for me to return with what she will cook for lunch. After that, I have to go back to wait for the water to arrive in order to fill the water tank, which has a capacity of approximately 400 liters. I have to fill it daily and this continues until approximately 2 in the afternoon. During this period, we also have to take into account the children's movements and also protect them from the sounds of planes or nearby and distant bombing because the sound of bombing is strong. Also, the problems that occur between children while playing. Many things. The moral is that there is no rest at all.  Maybe after two o'clock in the afternoon we might get some rest talking to the neighbors here and the children playing in front of us and also trying to transmit and listen to the news and try to analyze the news especially the negotiations maybe we can create some hope for ourselves for the approaching end of this war. But everyone knows that we are only trying to convince ourselves that the war is approaching the end but the truth is very painful. After that about half an hour before sunset we have to prepare dinner for the children and also maintain their personal hygiene and start preparing the tent to be a place to sleep. At about six o'clock the children go to sleep. We feel some comfort in that through our phones, Nada and I, by browsing the internet and reading the news of friends and loved ones and also what happened throughout the day. Of course, other activities during the day that increase our suffering when the time comes are the need for some medicine or visiting a family member if he was injured. Going to find out about Yousef's educational level. Also the lack of phone charging at times. Many things that cannot be counted or imagined.  But the most beautiful thing is that I am able to face all of this because you are by our side, my friends.

My daily life with Nada.

January 10, 2025

Honestly, I thank you very much, my aunt, for thinking of me, because my mind is really not the same as it was before.

Thank you aunt your words that make me really happy. I will send a text soon to tell you about our daily lives now. When my mind is ready to write. So that it will be fully descriptive of the situation. When the truce happens the crossing will be open but we do not know in what way and whether civilians will be allowed to leave. Let us be prepared. 

January 5, 2025 (after Yasser heard that the play in St. Johnsbury, VT was a success)

I am very happy for this humanitarian dialogue that is taking place here between us and the most beautiful thing is that we were able to gather this number of friends to show and explain to them a small part of the daily suffering here. This success makes me very happy. Nada and the children are very happy and they are amazed that our pictures are now being shown in the other world. Blessed efforts my friend. Truly, human brotherhood is a great thing and what amazed me is that this audience came to learn the truth without compensation, but rather they offer in return the human brotherhood that we were created on. I saw yesterday that there are more shows. I was happy that my family is now participating in explaining the suffering of the Palestinian people and I hope that our play reaches everyone. This is an arrow for my family to explain to the world what is happening here and if the American people know what is happening here and solidarity increases there, the whole world will know. May God bless you all, my friend.

(I asked Yasser about the children’s education - he had told me before that he was paying a teacher in a nearby tent who was teaching children to read and write in English and Arabic) Yes indeed they need education. Yousef is learning fast with the teacher. I think I sent you some pictures of him before. But Mohammed did not adapt to education at all. They really need education. I regretted not leaving Gaza before when the crossing was open. But unfortunately the circumstances were not clear at that time and when the money arrived in full the crossing was closed. Education is the most important thing to me. I pay them money so that they can get education despite these circumstances. I bought them notebooks and pens too.

January 4, 2025

Thank you my dear friend. We are fine. Despite the continuous bombing and the state of fear we lived in today due to a false report about the evacuation of the camp we live in, we are really waiting for the announcement of the exchange deal. We want to feel comfortable.

January 2, 2025

Yes, the [bombing in Al Mawasi] was after midnight, around 1:30. The tents near here were bombed, killing 11 people and injuring many. I was asleep and woke up terrified, unfortunately Maria couldn't sleep after this event, and everyone in the camp also noticed Maria's crying.

The sun has come back again to warm our hearts.

They don't care about us. Hamas and Israel only think about their own interests. We are just numbers to them. The sun has appeared again and warmed the children's bodies. But in the coming days they say the rains will return again, but there is positive news about the exchange deal and ending the war within a week from today. Let's hope it is true so we can return to our homes before the rains return.

December 31, 2024

Thank you my friend. May Allah bless your efforts and the precious time you spend working to make it a success. Yes, today the rain was heavy, the tent is good and standing up to the wind and rain, only a little water was falling, and I was standing most of the time to drain the water from the roof of the tent. The low pressure system has settled here and the sun will return tomorrow. Let the first day of this year be warm for the work of this new year that embraces Gaza and rescues it from this deliberate destruction, killing and hunger.

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From Yasser: He is the dear son of Jijel, I wish he had been categorized to thank him.

He was also a professional emotional management manager from the rains. Jackson and Lucy sent him. May God bless them.

I learned about four families from my village, Khuza'a, traveling via the Adam Cross to Egypt and then to Egypt, according to the visa they obtained online.

I don't know the authenticity of this man who has a Canadian contact number.

Yes, you should contact him and confirm with Michael, as well as access to the workplace in Canada and verify the licenses for the work he is doing.

You should also contact the Canadian embassy to verify the veracity of this news regarding the humanitarian visa and whether this is the correct way to submit it through this website.

It was said that the registration number will be approved by me when it is accepted, and that I will also receive an official letter from an official Canadian mail.

If what he says is true, there should be easy information for the embassy. There is a guarantee for the money paid.

Our work is clear and 100% guaranteed, and I told you most of the details through the law. Is there anything higher than the law? And through a diplomatic mission? The embassy is the one that communicates with you, meaning it is not an office or a company. I told you that the embassy itself is the one that tells you the details, literally, that I mentioned to you regarding the Red Cross and regarding the issuance of the results. Most of these details are clear to you. Whether they suit you, you are welcome. Unfortunately, they do not suit you. These are our conditions.

This may be a case of fraud. But we have nothing to lose by speaking to this man through his phone number and also requesting the location of his company or consulting office and the official licenses to operate. After we finish our call, to confirm what he said, we should contact the Canadian Embassy and the Red Cross to confirm whether this evacuation method was coordinated with them and whether it was the correct method. If this man's method is incorrect, we can ask them to clarify the method used for the families who left Gaza via the Red Cross.

This is my dear friend Jackson. I wish I could speak to him to thank him.

The car played a significant role in transporting my family quickly and also protecting them from the rain. Send it to Jackson and Lucy. May God bless them.

I learned about four families from my village, Khuza'a, traveling via the Red Cross to Egypt and then to Europe based on the visas these families obtained

I don't know the veracity of this man who has a Canadian contact number.

Yes, you should contact him and verify his identity, as well as visit his workplace in Canada and verify the licenses for the work he does.

You should also contact the Canadian embassy to verify the veracity of this news regarding the humanitarian visa and whether this is the correct way to apply through this consulting office.

He said that the embassy number will contact me when I am accepted, and I will also receive an official letter from the Canadian embassy.

If what he says is true, the embassy should be aware of this. There is a guarantee that the money paid will be repaid.

February 11, 2026

Now.. and very dangerous..

Netanyahu speaks on his own behalf in his statement now:

“The cabinet has adopted Trump's position to return all prisoners by Saturday afternoon and has also adopted Trump's revolutionary vision regarding Gaza.

If Hamas does not return all prisoners by Saturday afternoon, we will return to war violently.

Therefore, I have ordered the reinforcement of forces around Gaza and inside Gaza in preparation for returning to war.”

From Yasser: The reconnaissance planes flying in the sky are not empty, but rather they seem to be preparing for war again.

Israel will probably issue warnings but I think there will be a first strike for Israel. We can't do anything but wait. Maybe there will be a miracle but the most powerful man in the world takes the position now and the disaster will be greater

February 9, 2026

My mother is still in Egypt and so far there is no way for her to return to Gaza. It seems that Israel will change the course of the war and will not use military intervention in the coming periods. All their leaders have started talking about voluntary immigration and finding countries that will receive the Palestinians. This is the next stage of the war with procrastination with the reconstruction process so that life seems impossible here in Gaza. The children are fine. They play and have fun all the time. Yesterday we went to register Yousef in a private school and also Mohammed in a private kindergarten. The start date of school will be next week. This is the best thing the children will get. Fortunately, the neighboring village, Abasan al-Kabira, was not badly damaged. All services are available there and it is relatively close to us. My cousin who was released from prison is in good health, but what he says is that the captivity was very difficult and there are many in captivity who need prayers and to be released from this oppressive suffering. Here the weather has been cloudy and rainy for the past four days, which has increased the suffering of finding a source of energy to charge phones and cut off the internet and also to lift water to the tanks on the roof of the house. The suffering still exists but we are the best among all. Praise be to God.

The children must visit you, aunt. And we must meet you, even if it is temporary. To see you and see the beauty of this world. But let us see what data will appear before us so that we can decide our fate. But we will never abandon our country and beloved Gaza.

February 8, 2025

Of course my friend. As for those who left with the idea of displacement, I can leave if returning is allowed at any time. I will not decide to leave Gaza before I am sure that this exit will not be displacement. My mother, father and family are here, I cannot leave them here. Yousef Hat is the one who rejects the idea and he does not know what displacement means. He tells me and says.. Father, I will not go to France or America. I want to go to Jerusalem. Most of the children of Gaza have the same mentality as Yousef. In all honesty, my aunt. Palestine and its soil are purer than all the countries of the world and the evidence is that all the countries of the world gathered to kill Gaza, but our steadfastness is what foiled all the plans. Also, I and many others, and also Yousef, reject the idea of leaving without returning. I hope that this does not happen. At least we want a chance to leave and meet all the friends and gather ourselves so that we can return to Gaza strong.

Today I was busy waiting for one of our cousins to be released from prison after being held accountable in this war for a whole year. The scene of the prisoners meeting their families was very sad, and the saddest were the prisoners deported to Gaza from the West Bank who have no one to meet them. Heartbreaking scenes.

February 5, 2025

We are safe, aunt. Only Mohammed hit the same wall as a result of escaping the sound of gunfire that was close. Otherwise, everything is quiet. The rain has reached here. For the first time this year, we will see the rain falling without leaking into our sleeping place. Mohammed is the one who has been most affected by the tragedy of war. He is still afraid of the sounds of shells and also the machine gun fire that is fired from time to time. His last fear is that the rain will leak inside. He used to ask me before he went to sleep. Is the rain over? Will there be rain at night? In response, I asked him which is stronger, concrete or a tent. He replied, laughing, concrete. Then he went to sleep smiling

February 5, 2025

The (voluntary) evacuation of Gazans project, which will be discussed by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation next Sunday for the first time.

The project was presented by Ben Gvir.

Its most important provisions:

1. A resident of Gaza who chooses to leave will be able to receive a set of financial assistance, which will be determined by the Finance Ministry.

2. Anyone convicted of committing operations against the occupation. Or who was in detention due to activity, will not be eligible for assistance.

3. A person who received a departure basket and requested to return, even if he left as a minor, will be required to pay a sum double the amount he received, in addition to the differences and interest.

If he does not return the money, he will be prevented from entering Gaza or any other area in Israel.

Latest statement minutes ago

President Trump:

Palestinians have no alternative but to leave Gaza.

The internet is bad aunt. I didn't watch what I read but I'm fine. I'll answer soon.

February 1, 2025

Today we went to play football with my cousins. In the old field where we used to play football before the war started, unfortunately the entrance to Khuza'a is close to the border and there is a military site that the army recently established. Unfortunately, there were 10 minutes of machine gun fire and sound bombs near it. We all lay down on the ground during this period. The whistle of these bullets above us went

January 28, 2025  UPDATE(afternoon):  Regarding the Rafah crossing Anyone who is going to travel will not be able to return to Gaza at all.. It will be opened in one direction only and with intelligence verification for travel. This news has been reported in all news outlets here.

I am also very frustrated. Traveling to Egypt is very expensive and we will not be able to return to Gaza. This means that we need to pay rent for an apartment that will reach $1000 at the beginning of this year after taxes are imposed on them. Also, every month we need more than $2000 in monthly expenses for food, drink, children's supplies, going to school and kindergarten.

We would rather die in Gaza than this humiliation.

Mifzaki Ra'am: The D9 bulldozers that Biden banned arrived in Israel today. THERE IS A PHOTO OF BULLDOZERS HERE.

Look at this news. It gives us evidence that the Trump-Netanyahu scheme is working without stopping or any obstacles.

I am not afraid of anything because I actually survived this devastating war with my family. Now we must rest a little and then start finding solutions. I am also confident that I am surrounded by true friends who will never abandon us. Only death can separate us.

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January 27, 2025 (morning): The bad news now is Trump's plan. The Rafah crossing will only be opened in the direction of exit from Gaza, no return. The second thing is that Egypt will not allow anyone to travel outside Egypt.

I still haven't felt really comfortable in my home because I'm worried about what Trump will do in the next stages of the war.

Now there is a lot of pressure on Egypt to accept the Palestinians and the same is the case in Jordan. Trump has started his work. Unfortunately, until now there is no decision to return those stranded in Egypt. I must leave Gaza. But not in this way. I leave it for Egypt and stay there. Egypt is not suitable for our lives. Their people suffer from the difficulty of living. Therefore, staying in Gaza is easier than traveling and staying in Egypt. But the idea of traveling in the long term, if we are allowed to travel to Europe and America, I will leave without hesitation. But Egypt, no and a thousand times no.

I still haven't felt really comfortable in my home because I'm worried about what Trump will do in the next stages of the war.

I hope that at the latest we will be allowed to attend the World Cup in the United States of America in 2026. I will go there.

It will be available to us. A real entry visa will be available.

I am waiting for our friend in France to confirm the show date, place and time. She is also working on rehearsals for the play. Sian told me she got the updated version from you and I am waiting for an update on her actor son. I am very optimistic about our further success. Indeed, if I can't find a way to travel from Egypt. I will wait for the World Cup.

January 27, 2025  This is a picture of my uncle and his son who was martyred. (I haven’t figured out how to add photos, but Yasser sent a photo of his uncle with his son who was martyred. His uncle has been digging in the rubble for weeks to recover his son’s body. He was found today - just bits of bones, but his cell phone was found there which is how they identified the bones. cz.)

Our play will be a great success. After the war is over people will start to reveal the truth and this play is the truth of our suffering. I hope this priest can take up the play and perform it in the church. My French friend is not very talkative but she told me they will be ready in time for the performance. About Spain she did not talk about it. It seems she did not get an update from her Spanish friend. (Yasser has a FB friend in France who believed she could help get him into Europe. She is also producing the play in France. cz)

Everyone is fine my friend. They all sleep soundly without any fear. Even Maria has started sleeping a lot in the afternoon and at night. But Mohammed has not recovered from urinating during the night despite reaching the age of 4.5.

So far there is no real relief despite the entry of a large amount of aid but we have not received anything and also the prices are still high but not as before. The situation is gradually improvin

What my family is going through is what many families here are going through, but the good thing is that we can face whatever happens to us. Today I was able to bring a bag of flour and a carton of canned food from the previous representative from Al Mawasi. I went to the place where we used to live. Many people are preparing to return to the north of the Gaza Strip. Fortunately, I was able to bring this aid before the representative returned to the north of Gaza.

But they say if you want to stay in Europe it's better to apply for asylum in Belgium. At least there they will provide a salary for the children and the mother. That would help a lot, but Spain doesn't do that. Let's see what places Trump will allow us to travel to because he's starting to wave voluntary immigration.

I hope they (the refugees going home to the North) survive there. Because everything is destroyed. Living in the middle of destruction is catastrophic.

January 26, 2025 We recovered the body of my cousin Raghad Abu Rida, the martyr. It was made up of small bones. We found his phone next to him.

January 25, 2025 The scenes are tough. My uncle goes every day to try to get his son out of the rescue, but unfortunately all attempts fail. The separation is very difficult.

January 22, 2025 The first day here at home when the planes faded from the sky I still felt like there were rings in my ears even though the sky was clear and this is what happens with Maria too. I hope the agreement lasts so we can think better about the future. Fortunately my house is only partially damaged. It is raining heavily now. May God help those who have no home now.

Really now we have to pray for the truce to continue and to allow us to travel and also at least to restore our lives here. Because one of the funny situations here is with Maria. She fell on the floor in the house, knowing that the floor of the house is made of ceramics, she stood on her feet and then cleaned herself, she thought that she fell on the sand. Also the other situation Maria when she entered the house started to feel the walls because she did not live in concrete houses. She is really a child of war. This situation told me how much we were all affected by the circumstances of war and the daily life that we went through in this war. The circumstances will not be easy to return the psychological conditions of children to the right direction. Also Youssef and Mohammed when they went to bed on the first night here in the house. They started staring at the ceiling of the house. I looked at them and asked them are you afraid? They told me no, but her looks and facial expressions told me that they had forgotten how to live in our house and the other thing is that they asked when we will return to the tent. Their minds are still scattered. But I will not give up in order to save them from this war

I really can't believe that Rachel Corrie's parents are in (the audience for) the play. I remember her picture. I was very young. It was a year ago I think. I will email Kit and Keith to thank them. They seem to have done a very good job. I am happy that we have secured other places to perform. My family's voice is the voice of all Palestinian families. This is a historic achievement for my family to be a platform for Palestine. I hope that in the future the play will be in my voice and my children's voices and also with Fairuz there with us. The future will be better.

January 21, 2025 I have a cousin who is still missing under the rescue of this house. We are still making efforts here from time to time to try to get his body out.

I'm also concerned that Trump had said that he is not confident with the ceasefire.

Hamas and the resistance confirmed that they will commit to receiving the prisoners and implementing the agreement.

January 19, 2025

Yes, the house has partial damage, broken doors and windows. There are also cracks, traces of gunfire and other things in the plumbing and electricity, but I can live in it. I closed everything with covers. Our house is really close to the buffer zone. Today, 15 martyrs were killed in Khuza'a because they were close to this area. We hope that no one will be injured in the coming days. The danger is still ongoing. But we hope that this truce is the beginning of the end of everything.

January 17, 2025

From CZ: There have been many text exchanges with Yasser as the ceasefire negotiations have been taking place. They went from jubilation to disappointment to planning how to react when/if the ceasefire is implemented. We are hopeful that there may be a window where people will be able to leave Gaza. So, we are reaching out for desperately needed funds to make this happen for Yasser’s family. We have a PayPal that will go directly into his bank. Please donate if you can.  https://paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Z4B7XR2FYYBK6

 I just received a text from Yasser: Thank you my friend. Blessed efforts always. I hope we succeed in this. Because the possibility of the negotiations failing is likely. They also say that the army has begun preparing military operational plans in case the second phase negotiations fail.

JANUARY 14, 2024

Strong expectations from official sources:

The Rafah land crossing will be opened in both directions on 3/2/2025

After the formation of a governmental national reconciliation committee under the supervision of the Palestinian Authority

At that time we might be able to travel if things continue to go right.

January 12, 2025

Yes, by spreading awareness about what is happening here because the impact in your country is greater than here. Here is the only arena for implementing the plans and there is the place where the fruits will be reaped, whether positive or negative. But let us hope that these are the last 24 hours at the end of the war because Trump's envoy is moving strongly, as the news says, with direct intervention from Trump to end this war. But Trump is planning a new chapter in this war, but in an elegant way.

(The daily life of Yassar and Nada on a ‘normal’ day)

Our daily life is repeated continuously without stopping. Nada and I always start our day by waking up very early, of course, without getting enough sleep at night because of Maria’s screams resulting from the sound of nearby shelling and sometimes the annoying sounds of reconnaissance planes that do not allow them to sleep well, in addition to the sounds of stray dogs that eat human flesh, so she is very rabid. Fortunately, a stray dog walked quickly next to Maria a few days ago, and one of the neighbors took it away from her. Also, the suffering at night is represented in changing Maria’s clothes that get wet because they are full of her excrement. Also, we could not convince Mohammed, who is 4.5 and a half years old, to leave his diapers at night because of the extreme cold and the unsanitary environment that prevents him from controlling his urine. Our suffering because of this continues throughout the night. This results in piles of clothes that need to be washed daily. Also, during the day, we need to change their clothes constantly because of their constant playing in the sand, and also the damage of heating the water to bathe them after a day full of playing in the sand, and also the stains that result from eating on the clothes.  Since about five in the morning our day starts here and the children are the most annoying. The first thing they ask for after the suffering of the night is food. We must have a food supply in order to avoid the children crying in the morning for food. In addition to that we must rearrange the tent by arranging the bed in front of the bed by arranging the mattresses and blankets and rearranging the bags and suitcases of clothes in order to prepare the tent to become a place to live unlike the place it was in a few minutes ago for sleeping. The tent is a place to sleep and eat and also to receive guests at times and also to cook food.

After finishing breakfast, we have to wash our hands and faces and arrange the children's clothes, especially Youssef, in order to prepare for going to school and also review what we studied the previous day. All of this ends at approximately 8:30 in the morning. After that, Mohammed and Maria go out to play with the children of the camp. Nada prepares to wash the clothes and I also prepare to carry water for this washing. In the meantime, I also have to go to the market to buy food and what we need for the day, whether food or food needs. At the same time, Nada finishes the washing and waits for me to return with what she will cook for lunch. After that, I have to go back to wait for the water to arrive in order to fill the water tank, which has a capacity of approximately 400 liters. I have to fill it daily and this continues until approximately 2 in the afternoon. During this period, we also have to take into account the children's movements and also protect them from the sounds of planes or nearby and distant bombing because the sound of bombing is strong. Also, the problems that occur between children while playing. Many things. The moral is that there is no rest at all.  Maybe after two o'clock in the afternoon we might get some rest talking to the neighbors here and the children playing in front of us and also trying to transmit and listen to the news and try to analyze the news especially the negotiations maybe we can create some hope for ourselves for the approaching end of this war. But everyone knows that we are only trying to convince ourselves that the war is approaching the end but the truth is very painful. After that about half an hour before sunset we have to prepare dinner for the children and also maintain their personal hygiene and start preparing the tent to be a place to sleep. At about six o'clock the children go to sleep. We feel some comfort in that through our phones, Nada and I, by browsing the internet and reading the news of friends and loved ones and also what happened throughout the day. Of course, other activities during the day that increase our suffering when the time comes are the need for some medicine or visiting a family member if he was injured. Going to find out about Yousef's educational level. Also the lack of phone charging at times. Many things that cannot be counted or imagined.  But the most beautiful thing is that I am able to face all of this because you are by our side, my friends.

My daily life with Nada.

January 10, 2025

Honestly, I thank you very much, my aunt, for thinking of me, because my mind is really not the same as it was before.

Thank you aunt your words that make me really happy. I will send a text soon to tell you about our daily lives now. When my mind is ready to write. So that it will be fully descriptive of the situation. When the truce happens the crossing will be open but we do not know in what way and whether civilians will be allowed to leave. Let us be prepared. 

January 5, 2025 (after Yasser heard that the play in St. Johnsbury, VT was a success)

I am very happy for this humanitarian dialogue that is taking place here between us and the most beautiful thing is that we were able to gather this number of friends to show and explain to them a small part of the daily suffering here. This success makes me very happy. Nada and the children are very happy and they are amazed that our pictures are now being shown in the other world. Blessed efforts my friend. Truly, human brotherhood is a great thing and what amazed me is that this audience came to learn the truth without compensation, but rather they offer in return the human brotherhood that we were created on. I saw yesterday that there are more shows. I was happy that my family is now participating in explaining the suffering of the Palestinian people and I hope that our play reaches everyone. This is an arrow for my family to explain to the world what is happening here and if the American people know what is happening here and solidarity increases there, the whole world will know. May God bless you all, my friend.

(I asked Yasser about the children’s education - he had told me before that he was paying a teacher in a nearby tent who was teaching children to read and write in English and Arabic) Yes indeed they need education. Yousef is learning fast with the teacher. I think I sent you some pictures of him before. But Mohammed did not adapt to education at all. They really need education. I regretted not leaving Gaza before when the crossing was open. But unfortunately the circumstances were not clear at that time and when the money arrived in full the crossing was closed. Education is the most important thing to me. I pay them money so that they can get education despite these circumstances. I bought them notebooks and pens too.

January 4, 2025

Thank you my dear friend. We are fine. Despite the continuous bombing and the state of fear we lived in today due to a false report about the evacuation of the camp we live in, we are really waiting for the announcement of the exchange deal. We want to feel comfortable.

January 2, 2025

Yes, the [bombing in Al Mawasi] was after midnight, around 1:30. The tents near here were bombed, killing 11 people and injuring many. I was asleep and woke up terrified, unfortunately Maria couldn't sleep after this event, and everyone in the camp also noticed Maria's crying.

The sun has come back again to warm our hearts.

They don't care about us. Hamas and Israel only think about their own interests. We are just numbers to them. The sun has appeared again and warmed the children's bodies. But in the coming days they say the rains will return again, but there is positive news about the exchange deal and ending the war within a week from today. Let's hope it is true so we can return to our homes before the rains return.

December 31, 2024

Thank you my friend. May Allah bless your efforts and the precious time you spend working to make it a success. Yes, today the rain was heavy, the tent is good and standing up to the wind and rain, only a little water was falling, and I was standing most of the time to drain the water from the roof of the tent. The low pressure system has settled here and the sun will return tomorrow. Let the first day of this year be warm for the work of this new year that embraces Gaza and rescues it from this deliberate destruction, killing and hunger.

November 2, 2024

When I sat at home, time passed quickly without us noticing. It was a beautiful increase. But I looked at myself and unfortunately I felt a big change in my mental activity. I lost focus a lot. Also forgetfulness. I was never at this level. I am sad for myself. Tension, anxiety, forgetfulness, distraction and exhaustion I felt all of that during this increase

This will not end. Now the goal of this war is to completely re-plan and re-organize the Gaza Strip and the war will be a reality and will continue but in another way when the ceasefire is declared which will be at the end of this month or the beginning of December after that the next phase will begin which is the day after the war because what the Israeli army is building here indicates the duration of this phase of the war.

I admit to everyone here that I have a real family that supports me and I am their son and my children are their grandchildren and I will go to them one day