Kinda, Fadel, Alham, Ashraf, Malik, Salah, and Jouri

Youri, Salah, and Ashraf have lost both of their parents. Malik, Alham, and Fadel have lost their mother. Hajar, their 21 year old aunt, has taken on the responsiblity of caring for them in partnership with her brother, Mohammed, who recently remarried and welcomed a baby girl, Kinda, in January 2026. Currently, there is no way for the adults to generate an income with which to care for the children. Having gone to school before the war to become a pediatrician, Hajar has since abandoned her coursework to take care of her orphaned nieces and nephews full-time and struggles to feed them and keep them warm. She also cares for her elderly mother who has liver cancer.

Family members

Kinda (born November 2025), Fadel (2), Alham (2.5), Ashraf (6), Malik (6), Salah (7), & Jouri (9)

Most needed support

Baby formula, toddler milk, diapers, food, clothing, socks, & shoes

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Background

These children have been displaced multiple times. They were living in a make-shift shelter with sheets and tarps before a local mutual aid organization (ASIC GAZA) donated their tent. Since then, they have endured shelling in their neighborhood with tanks stationed nearby (tragicaly, a neighbor’s child was killed). In January Salah was hit by a truck. Thankfully, the trauma to his head was not life-threatening and he is expected to fully recover.

Current situation

Each child has only one set of winter clothes, no closed-toe shoes, and an insufficient supply of mats and blankets. Their tent is not waterproof. As a result, all of their belongings get soaked in the rains. The children’s grandmother lives with them and suffers from liver cancer. The medicine she needs costs 220 shekels per month ($71), and she regularly goes without it becuase there is not enough money for basics like food. The family finds scraps to burn in order to cook their food over a fire. There is no bathroom; they use a communal chamber pot.

Future hopes

The children hope for a safe place to live with enough clothing and shoes and to be able to eat chicken. Hajar, their aunt, was a pedicatric student before the conflict. Her dream is to become a perdiatrician as she loves children in order to help the many sick and injured in Gaza.