5:58 PM @saleemaburass Hello, this is Mohammed speaking on behalf of my brother, Saleem Aburass. Unfortunately, Saleem no longer has access to this account after the IDF stole his phone during his arrest along with his colleagues, leaving them without cellphones for 10 hours. After the loss of our parents' homes, which meant everything to them, and being forcibly displaced multiple times, they now live in a tent in dire conditions during these cold winter nights. I'm reaching out to ask for your assistance in improving my family's situation through a GoFundMe campaign. This money will help rebuild a home once this nightmare ends. For now, urgent assistance is needed to evacuate them to Egypt temporarily to receive healthcare and survive this genocide. Rafah, where my parents' shelter is located, is being severely bombed, putting the lives of 12 family members in danger. Please assist in saving their lives.
Check Link in bio 5:14 PM @samarabuelouf A bomb burned his body.
A Child Burn Victim
Mohamed Abu Rteinah, 12, doesn’t remember much of what happened when a blast crushed his home on Oct. 24. One minute, he was having tea for breakfast as his grandmother read the Quran. The next minute, he was running and screaming, his limbs seemingly on fire, he said.
His mother, Ula Faraj, 33, said she recoiled in horror when she first saw the burns that cover about 30 percent of his legs. His 8-year-old sister, Batool, had similar injuries.
Gaza authorities and The Associated Press reported Israeli airstrikes in the area at the time. Many of the tens of thousands of bombs dropped by Israel since Oct. 7 were supplied by the United States, including 2,000-pound “bunker busters” that have killed hundreds in densely populated areas.
Veteran doctors say the extent of pediatric burns in Gaza is distressing, especially when the territory’s collapsed health system can barely treat them. Only basic painkillers were available to treat Mohamed and Batool, their mother said at a hospital in Khan Younis. Gauze, ointment and clean water were in short supply.
She could barely watch, she said, as her children wept when doctors tried to clean their wounds.
Weeks later, the family managed to leave Gaza for emergency surgery in Cairo — and on Wednesday, they were evacuated to the United Arab Emirates with other wounded children from Gaza for further treatment.
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