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I live in the center of Khan Younis, which is supposedly the safest place in the Gaza Strip. Many people have sought refuge here from the North after being displaced. We have been suffering since the first day of this war.

Our building was housing 30 families. At 7:00am on Oct. 14, we miraculously survived the bombing of our neighbor’s house. We were all sleeping. We woke up startled thinking it was our building that was bombed. We could not see anything because of the smoke and gunpowder. In a panic, we searched for family, children, women, elders. The building next door was destroyed, as we fled ours we noticed a child stuck in his bedroom. We broke the door down to rescue him, and rescued others. We fled the building leaving behind possessions and lost memories. 15 were killed by the Israeli bomb that day.

Our children are afriad. Loud noises startle them, not just bombs. We are killed in Gaza, unable to live a decent live in our lovely country of Palestine. All we want... is to live amongst loved ones in safety.