@simon_brooke @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral
What you said about the agricultural lands is absolutely accurate; the majority of our food supply used to come from the east, the areas that are now behind what is called the 'yellow line' or buffer zones, where the land is razed and access is prohibited. I personally used to live in eastern Gaza, and now, like thousands of others, I am displaced, far from my home and our land that was a source of prosperity.
@mahmoodhamod991 @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral yes, my friend Rania used to farm in the east, too. What was her home is now lost behind the lines, the blocks, and the tanks.
@simon_brooke @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral
Your friend Rania's story is the story of thousands of us. It's never easy to learn that the place where you spent your best days, the land you cultivated with your own hands, is now behind a wall, a tank, or a pile of rubble; as if history and geography have been completely erased. This kind of loss leaves a scar that never heals, because we don't just weep for walls, but for a life that once thrived in those places.
@mahmoodhamod991 @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral yes, I feel this greatly. My home is in this one small valley. I have never, as an adult, been happy living anywhere else. To be driven off this land would be a great trauma for me.
@simon_brooke @mahmoodhamod991 @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral
I have written to World Central Kitchen today and received this response. ?
@HeatherMJ @simon_brooke @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral
Thank you for sharing this information. It's striking to see these huge numbers in international reports, but the reality for me and those around me in our daily lives is that we haven't received any of this aid.
There's a terrifying gap between what's reported and what actually reaches people in the areas of greatest need.
@HeatherMJ @simon_brooke @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral
While millions of meals are being discussed, many displaced people like myself still lack access to even the most basic daily food necessities. These figures seem far removed from our reality on the ground, where roads are blocked, fuel is scarce, and strict restrictions make aid access to us rare, if not impossible.
@HeatherMJ @simon_brooke @nusher @alda @raphaellakay @aral
I simply wanted to convey this image from the heart of the suffering, because sometimes the reports that reach donors do not reflect the full picture of what is happening on the ground.
@mahmoodhamod991 @HeatherMJ @simon_brooke @nusher @raphaellakay @aral This is what I fear is happening.
