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On grief and being the only survivor in your family in Gaza by American Friends Service Committee

PLEASE TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW AND SEND YOUR LETTER TO THE UN OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER ON THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR.

The world allowed this genocide to happen. My family would have preferred to celebrate the lives of their loved ones rather than just their memories. We don’t want streets or institutions named after our children. We wanted Hoor and Sham to grow up and become the young women they wanted to be. We wanted to see freedom and justice in our lifetime. After nine years of separation, I wanted to see my family. I wanted to treat my nieces to ice cream and share the adventures I had with my sister as a child.

Continue reading at https://afsc.org/news/grief-and-being-only-survivor-your-family-gaza

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Israel’s Siege Now Blocks 83% of Food Aid Reaching Gaza, New Data Reveals by Save the Children and others

PLEASE TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW AND SEND YOUR LETTER TO THE UN OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER ON THE PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR.

  2. A record low average of 69 aid trucks per day entered Gaza… people in Gaza have gone from having an average of two meals a day to just one meal every other day. An estimated 50,000 children aged between 6-59 months urgently require treatment for malnutrition by the end of the year…. In August more than 1 million people did not receive any food rations in southern and central Gaza… Aid, which is urgently required for 2.2 million people at risk of dying in the coming weeks and months, should never be politicised.

Continue reading at https://www.savethechildren.net/news/israel-s-siege-now-blocks-83-food-aid-reaching-gaza-new-data-reveals