Hello, Ahmed Al-Hout, a father and graduate of Computer Systems Engineering from Al-Azhar University.

We lost everything we had. We also lost many of our loved ones. In this terrible war.

My immediate family, including me, my wife and my little girl, fled first to my aunt's house in Rafah city which was also bombed. We narrowly escaped death. Then we fled to Mawasi Khan Younis. I once dreamed of becoming a world-class web developer, but the war shattered my dreams and those of my family.

I was working as a WordPress programmer in a company in the Gaza Strip and I also worked as a freelancer on freelance platforms and worked with clients abroad including Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Egypt and Albania on a fragmented system when the genocide began. The electricity was cut off, the internet was cut off, I lost my job in the company, I lost my clients abroad and I lost everything I had built.

After living without shelter for 3 days on the streets of Khan Younis, we secured tents and this is where we are now. Our children are cold and hungry, we lack sanitary supplies, we drink contaminated water, and we do not have enough food, which adds to our suffering. The war has been devastating and we are facing unimaginable hardships. We fear an imminent invasion by the Israeli army.

I am asking for your help my family survive to secure daily food and aid as well as secure resources to safely evacuate across the Egyptian border as soon as that becomes an option for my family.

Any assistance you can provide will be of great value in our pursuit of survival,

With love,

-Ahmad

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