These People Do Not Deserve to Die
April 30, 2025
This is me and my sister who lost her husband and all her children. From the heart of our little tent, we send you our greetings and hope that you are well
I am Hamdi Muqdad, a 22-year-old university student. I live in the stricken city of Gaza, where killing, bombing, and destruction are raging.
My only remaining sister and I live in a small tent after losing our home and all our family members, including my mother, my older brother, my younger brother, my sister and her children, her husband, and my aunt and her family, in a bombing that targeted our home.
I studied information and communication technology at the University College in Gaza, but I did not complete my education due to the outbreak of war and the difficult conditions.
I am speaking to you here from the heart of famine and the unprecedented high cost of living in the world, where there are no basic necessities for a decent life.
All crossings have been closed for months, and we are not allowed to bring in food or medicine.
Life is nonexistent here. We live in tents that do not protect us from the heat of the sun or the cold of winter.
There is no food, no water, no fuel, and no cooking gas.
Every morning, we search for firewood to light a fire so we can cook some water and animal food, which is not fit for eating.
I am a young man at the beginning of my life. I want this war to stop and for me to live a dignified life free from wars, killing, and displacement.
I want to eat food, drink water, and take medicine. I am a university student with aspirations of education and earning a university degree, but unfortunately, this will not happen while I am here in Gaza.
I must leave it soon, and this requires a very large sum of money to be allowed to leave. I am not here to beg your sympathy or to make you sad, but rather to explain to you what we are living through now.
I ask you to share my story as widely as possible, so that we can deliver this message to the entire world and to every person with a living conscience. Thank you.
