Imagine being a parent and watching your baby’s formula run out, knowing the next can is so expensive it may as well not exist. You search desperately for alternatives—but all you have is a bit of rice and some cow’s milk, not meant for infants. You have no choice but to feed it to her , praying it keeps her alive, even as you watch it make her sick.
Images: Hossam Al-Qazzaz sent us update photos of his daughter, Habiba, who is currently in hospital due to her parents having to feed her ground rice and milk, in addition to pollution in the food.
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Written by @rumiandroses
This is the reality for Hossam Al-Qazzaz in Gaza. His ten
-month old daughter, Habiba, is now in the hospital—weak, undernourished, her tiny hand wrapped in gauze and tape, an IV doing the job that formula should have done.
Hossam, his wife Hanan, and their four children—Bashar (9), Hani (8), Diana (4), and baby Habiba—are displaced once again, forced to flee after their area was designated an active combat zone. The little shelter they had left among the ruins of their home is now unsafe. They now sleep in a tent, with no walls to protect them and no roof to shield them from the bombs or the elements.
Despite it all, they cling to hope—hope that they’ll survive long enough to escape. Hope for a day when their children can live in peace.
But survival alone has become a full-time battle. Over the past few weeks, Hossam has faced death multiple times just trying to access aid. He’s seen his brother-in-law and nephew severely injured in front of him. He’s made dangerous trips to aid centers, only to return empty-handed or narrowly escape shelling. He does all of this while also caring for his family and elderly parents, both in poor health.
Gaza’s infrastructure has collapsed. Jobs have vanished. There is no electricity, no clean water, and no stable access to food or medicine. Even basic items like rice, cooking gas, clothing, and diapers are becoming luxuries, as prices skyrocket due to the Israeli blockade and severe shortages. Baby formula, when it can be found at all, costs over $60 a can—an impossible amount for a family with no income.
Since this war began, the Al-Qazzaz family has endured the unthinkable: being bombed out of their home, attacked by wild animals in the night while displaced, suffering from malnutrition, and living in fear of each new dawn.
And still, they keep going.
Please, for the sake of little Habiba—who was born into a war she never chose—and for her family, we ask you to share their story. Help us connect them with those who can donate, no matter how small. Every act of kindness counts. Every share, every dollar, every prayer helps bring this family one step closer to safety, stability, and dignity.
You can donate to the Al-Qazzaz family's GoFundMe campaign here:
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Unfortunately, it seems that the problems are coming together. We have now been asked to evacuate our area immediately. Please, my friends, help us. Displacement is very, very expensive. We must pay rent for a plot of land on which we can set up our tent. Please donate to us and participate.
Please don't leave us
This lovely person messaged me directly. I'm an unemployed child and don't have any way to donate, but if you're reading this, please do. Even if it isn't much.
Hello my friend, how are you? I hope you are well. Today, I sent my wife and children to the coastal area of Al-Mawasi, because our area is now targeted and being bombed. They will stay with my wife's family temporarily until I find a place to set up a tent. As for me, I will stay in our area until I find a place, so I ask you to help me by donating and sharing my post. So that I can rent a small plot of land there to buy milk for my daughter Habeeba and food for my four children, I am trying to raise $300, so please help me with what you can.
Are you tired of us? Do you feel that we have become a burden to you?
We apologize to you, but there is no one standing with us but you.
Everyone left us and you are the ones who stood by us, so please my friends don't leave us, don't leave us
We haven't received enough donations for a while and we are in a tragic situation now so please donate to us all we want now is to buy some food for the children and milk for my baby girl so please donate to us and share our posts
We are very sorry for bothering you so much.
Hello my friend, how are you? I hope you are well. Unfortunately, my friend, we were forced to leave our home and we are now displaced in my wife’s family’s tent in the coastal Al-Mawasi area. We are now without mattresses, blankets, or clothes because we left quickly and did not take anything with us. Also, my friend, we are without food, and my infant daughter has no milk or diapers. Please, my friend, donate to us what you can, please, for the sake of my young children, they are crying because they are hungry, and my daughter Habeeba is in a difficult condition because she does not have milk. Please do not leave us, donate to us, and share our post. I trust you and we have no one but you, so do not leave us or ignore us. I am very sorry for disturbing you.
