'If I die, I want the world to remember I am someone who deserved to live'

Every single Palestinian in Gaza struggles every day to get enough food and water. We are in the middle of a famine, writes Reham Mahdi Al Jarrah
'If I die, I want the world to remember I am someone who deserved to live'

Reham Mahdi Al Jarrah : 'Even though I am physically and emotionally drained, I put my bag on my back and go to work to serve others and to let them know that we are here and we won't leave them alone even during these terrible times.' Photo: WAC Christian Aid

Bombardment and attacks are happening every single minute here in Gaza city. It's non-stop. We have forgotten what a normal day feels like without the constant ear-splitting sound of bombing all around us. Gaza has been turned into a land of rubble.

Israel’s planned takeover of Gaza city would mean a huge wave of mass displacement of people. I don't want myself and my parents to go through what my grandmother went through in 1948 when she was forced from Jaffa during the Nakba.

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