Today is the first day I have cried since the first week of the 2024 election. And thank god, I am crying tears of joy for this small gift for a few Palestinian families. Thank you for all your reporting.
The Israeli government destroys hospitals, displaces premature babies, wipes out families—and then United States politicians and corporate media run cover by calling it “self-defense.” This is what impunity looks like.
Thank you Drop Site. This reporting suggests that maybe, just maybe, joy can survive the abyss of inhumanity rapidly spreading across the globe. I am so thankful for the few victims who have found whispers of life amidst death itself.
Not every child has returned to their family. Rola Aldremy, a writer in Gaza for We Are Not Numbers, has reported on her instagram, 3 hours ago, of one instance of a child who's father could not be determined as two men have both arrived with identical circumstances: the mother of their child was martyred during childbirth, and their documents have very similar details.
"A heartbreaking incident happened in Gaza yesterday
One of the premature babies who entered Gaza yesterday became the subject of a dispute between two men, each claiming to be the child's father. The case has been referred to forensic authorities to determine the truth. While it may seem easy to resolve through a DNA test, the real question is: is such testing even available in Gaza? That's the problem.
Journalist Mohammad Daher wrote: When the premature babies arrived from Egypt, families came to receive their children.
It is worth noting that the children were premature when they left-born in the seventh or eighth month-and returned to Gaza at around two and a half years old.
After the children were handed over, one child remained along with two fathers at the delivery point. Both men claimed the same child as theirs, and each had documents proving that the child belonged to him. Their stories were identical: the mother was martyred during childbirth, with matching details.
One of the fathers took the child, on the condition that he would return the next day to the forensic authorities to complete the process of identifying the real father.
Each family has sufficient proof and even a birth certificate for the same child. This situation occurred due to the chaos during their evacuation under extremely harsh humanitarian conditions. They were evacuated without the families' knowledge or information-"those who left, left; those who stayed were martyred."
I followed and documented the story from the moment the children were evacuated at the beginning of the war until their return today. I am in complete shock from what I witnessed. May God help both fathers prove their claims, and may He ease the painful journey of the second father, who will now begin a long and exhausting search for his child without any information or leads"
Apparently you were brain dead on October 7th 2023 when they Palestinian sloths slithered into Israel and raped killed and cooked people.
Israel has had enough of death by a thousand cuts by the PLO and is fully justified to exterminate their aggressors from Gaza and west bank. They are pure vermin. And those, like you, that are their apologists are of equal human quality.
Why do we need so much anger. You have your view, very much pro Zionist. I wish you could understand both sides. For me, a refugee from Nazi Germany, Israel has created another Holocaust but this time, the hatred and destruction of European Jews(and others) has morphed into an intense hatred ofPalestinians resulting in apartheid and genocide with US assistance. One can of course have anger but without true understanding it is in my view meaningless .
I am not pro-zionist, I just dislike hillbillys and death cult followers. Why does no other Arab country want anything ANYTHING to do with Gaza dwellers???
Why this time? Well you need to go back and look at 1the horrors of Oct 2023. Israel has had enough. Do you blame them?
Fucking fascist zionist idiot - I hope your living space explodes with you in it and even the maggots and worms refuse to eat you're evil infused corpse!
Nice word salad. Apparently you are a Hamas lick spittle. The jews have been in that land for 4000 years. Palestinain hillbillys are recent to the area.
Explain to me why, no country will take in the Palestinian hillbillys - none.
In fact until Israel snapped over Oct 23, and decided to solve the problem once and for all, more Palestinians had died at the hands of other arabs than iIarsel had dispatched.
Do some research before putting your potty mouth in gear next time bub!
FYI, not a zionist, just an astute observer over many years.
Emma, you need to do some research - it's not racist to dislike to the point of hatered, a group who raided and slaughtered 2500 UNARMED people on Oct 7 2023. if you support that action by the Palestinian people, then you are the sick one.
As for your rant about men stuck in the past, maybe. you should hang more with some and learn something other than a "VIBE".
What we lived through yesterday and today is something words can barely carry… but I will try😔
Since yesterday, the sky has not been quiet for a single moment. Violent artillery shelling surrounded us, and military vehicles advanced from every direction. Fear was everywhere—thick, suffocating. We pulled Hala and Kareem into our arms, holding them so tightly, trying to hide the terror in our hearts so it wouldn’t reach their innocent souls. We pretended to be strong… but inside, we were breaking.
We managed to drift into a fragile sleep, only to wake up to sounds even louder, more brutal—explosions that shook not just the ground beneath us, but something deep inside us. In those moments, it truly felt like the end was near. After that, sleep was no longer possible. Only waiting.. fear… and silent prayers.
After Al fajer prayer, the sounds softened for a while. We prayed, clinging to whatever peace we could find, and finally rested after a night that felt endless. But fear never really left us… and neither did the pain.
Today, I went out to bring drinking water, taking Hala with me, hoping a small walk might ease the fear inside her after what she had seen. Dalia and Kareem stayed at home. We hadn’t gone far when suddenly everything collapsed into chaos—gunfire erupted from every direction. The world turned into noise, panic, and confusion.
I stood there, frozen between two unbearable fears…
A terrified child in my arms, shaking, crying, looking to me for safety… and my heart left behind at home with Dalia and Kareem. I didn’t know what was happening to them. I didn’t know if they were safe, or if the militia had already reached them.
They were so close… surrounding civilians, forcing families out of their homes. People were running into the streets, escaping death by miracles. The scene was beyond tragic—gunfire, wounded people bleeding, martyrs lying where they fell, and ambulances unable to reach them. The air itself felt heavy with fear and loss.
In that moment, nothing mattered except one thing: my family.
I tried to go back home through fear, through danger, through streets that no longer felt like streets. Every step felt like it could be the last. Hala was crying in my arms, and I was trying to calm her while my heart was breaking into pieces.
When I finally reached home… after what felt like a lifetime…
I found them. Alive. Hiding in a small safe place.
I cannot describe that moment. I couldn’t believe my eyes. My family was still here. Breathing. Together.😔
But something inside us has changed forever.
Since then, Hala hasn’t stopped crying. Her small body couldn’t to bear what she saw and heard—her fever rising, her eyes filled with fear no child should ever know. What did our children do to deserve this? What crime did they commit to live through such horror?
How can a child’s mind understand the sight of torn bodies, the sound of bullets, the smell of death?
How will they grow… in a place where childhood is buried under rubble?
To our dear friends…
Thank you is not enough. Your presence, your prayers, your words—they hold us together when we feel like falling apart.
Please… don’t let our story disappear.❤️🩹
Share it. Speak about it. Let the world see. Let them know.
Expose these crimes.
Because behind every number… there is a child like Hala.
A family like ours.
A heart that is breaking… in silence.
Uploaded by Patricia O'Keefe UK friend of Dalia and family in Gaza
Thank you for bring us some joy! Shukrun, Abdel Qader. Thank you, DropSite.
Today is the first day I have cried since the first week of the 2024 election. And thank god, I am crying tears of joy for this small gift for a few Palestinian families. Thank you for all your reporting.
ditto
Thank you DropSite for real journalism.
The Israeli government destroys hospitals, displaces premature babies, wipes out families—and then United States politicians and corporate media run cover by calling it “self-defense.” This is what impunity looks like.
Thank you Drop Site. This reporting suggests that maybe, just maybe, joy can survive the abyss of inhumanity rapidly spreading across the globe. I am so thankful for the few victims who have found whispers of life amidst death itself.
Not every child has returned to their family. Rola Aldremy, a writer in Gaza for We Are Not Numbers, has reported on her instagram, 3 hours ago, of one instance of a child who's father could not be determined as two men have both arrived with identical circumstances: the mother of their child was martyred during childbirth, and their documents have very similar details.
I am sharing the text from Rola's IG story here before it expires. Please reach out to Rola (@rola_aldremly) for more information on this. https://www.instagram.com/stories/rola_aldremly/3865810405730030290/
"A heartbreaking incident happened in Gaza yesterday
One of the premature babies who entered Gaza yesterday became the subject of a dispute between two men, each claiming to be the child's father. The case has been referred to forensic authorities to determine the truth. While it may seem easy to resolve through a DNA test, the real question is: is such testing even available in Gaza? That's the problem.
Journalist Mohammad Daher wrote: When the premature babies arrived from Egypt, families came to receive their children.
It is worth noting that the children were premature when they left-born in the seventh or eighth month-and returned to Gaza at around two and a half years old.
After the children were handed over, one child remained along with two fathers at the delivery point. Both men claimed the same child as theirs, and each had documents proving that the child belonged to him. Their stories were identical: the mother was martyred during childbirth, with matching details.
One of the fathers took the child, on the condition that he would return the next day to the forensic authorities to complete the process of identifying the real father.
Each family has sufficient proof and even a birth certificate for the same child. This situation occurred due to the chaos during their evacuation under extremely harsh humanitarian conditions. They were evacuated without the families' knowledge or information-"those who left, left; those who stayed were martyred."
I followed and documented the story from the moment the children were evacuated at the beginning of the war until their return today. I am in complete shock from what I witnessed. May God help both fathers prove their claims, and may He ease the painful journey of the second father, who will now begin a long and exhausting search for his child without any information or leads"
God make this easy for these families and strengthen them. Thank you for this story.
god willing may the experimental ethno-aparthied state of Israel be abolished
What an incredible story,uniquely Gazan, uniquely heartbreaking and bittersweet. Ya Rabb, lift the scourge of Occupation from Gaza 🤲🏾
Gaza was jewish 4000 years ago - who is occupying who?
And Islam is only 1700 years old.
This report more necessary than statistics
To be clear - Israeli military attack was on the HAMAS facilities the cowards were hiding inside the Al-Shifa Hospital in November 2023.
Also, that is a pretty big girl for being born a pre-mee just 2.5 years ago. More POLLYWOOD, I expect.
Disgusting! Repeating Israeli lies to justify horrendous attacks on women and children. Always self defense. No! No more!
Apparently you were brain dead on October 7th 2023 when they Palestinian sloths slithered into Israel and raped killed and cooked people.
Israel has had enough of death by a thousand cuts by the PLO and is fully justified to exterminate their aggressors from Gaza and west bank. They are pure vermin. And those, like you, that are their apologists are of equal human quality.
Dear Don,
Why do we need so much anger. You have your view, very much pro Zionist. I wish you could understand both sides. For me, a refugee from Nazi Germany, Israel has created another Holocaust but this time, the hatred and destruction of European Jews(and others) has morphed into an intense hatred ofPalestinians resulting in apartheid and genocide with US assistance. One can of course have anger but without true understanding it is in my view meaningless .
I am not pro-zionist, I just dislike hillbillys and death cult followers. Why does no other Arab country want anything ANYTHING to do with Gaza dwellers???
Why this time? Well you need to go back and look at 1the horrors of Oct 2023. Israel has had enough. Do you blame them?
Fucking fascist zionist idiot - I hope your living space explodes with you in it and even the maggots and worms refuse to eat you're evil infused corpse!
Nice word salad. Apparently you are a Hamas lick spittle. The jews have been in that land for 4000 years. Palestinain hillbillys are recent to the area.
Explain to me why, no country will take in the Palestinian hillbillys - none.
In fact until Israel snapped over Oct 23, and decided to solve the problem once and for all, more Palestinians had died at the hands of other arabs than iIarsel had dispatched.
Do some research before putting your potty mouth in gear next time bub!
FYI, not a zionist, just an astute observer over many years.
You do israel no favors
Seek help
You madam, are delusional.
Racism is boring. So are men stuck in the past.
Emma, you need to do some research - it's not racist to dislike to the point of hatered, a group who raided and slaughtered 2500 UNARMED people on Oct 7 2023. if you support that action by the Palestinian people, then you are the sick one.
As for your rant about men stuck in the past, maybe. you should hang more with some and learn something other than a "VIBE".
6/4/2026
What we lived through yesterday and today is something words can barely carry… but I will try😔
Since yesterday, the sky has not been quiet for a single moment. Violent artillery shelling surrounded us, and military vehicles advanced from every direction. Fear was everywhere—thick, suffocating. We pulled Hala and Kareem into our arms, holding them so tightly, trying to hide the terror in our hearts so it wouldn’t reach their innocent souls. We pretended to be strong… but inside, we were breaking.
We managed to drift into a fragile sleep, only to wake up to sounds even louder, more brutal—explosions that shook not just the ground beneath us, but something deep inside us. In those moments, it truly felt like the end was near. After that, sleep was no longer possible. Only waiting.. fear… and silent prayers.
After Al fajer prayer, the sounds softened for a while. We prayed, clinging to whatever peace we could find, and finally rested after a night that felt endless. But fear never really left us… and neither did the pain.
Today, I went out to bring drinking water, taking Hala with me, hoping a small walk might ease the fear inside her after what she had seen. Dalia and Kareem stayed at home. We hadn’t gone far when suddenly everything collapsed into chaos—gunfire erupted from every direction. The world turned into noise, panic, and confusion.
I stood there, frozen between two unbearable fears…
A terrified child in my arms, shaking, crying, looking to me for safety… and my heart left behind at home with Dalia and Kareem. I didn’t know what was happening to them. I didn’t know if they were safe, or if the militia had already reached them.
They were so close… surrounding civilians, forcing families out of their homes. People were running into the streets, escaping death by miracles. The scene was beyond tragic—gunfire, wounded people bleeding, martyrs lying where they fell, and ambulances unable to reach them. The air itself felt heavy with fear and loss.
In that moment, nothing mattered except one thing: my family.
I tried to go back home through fear, through danger, through streets that no longer felt like streets. Every step felt like it could be the last. Hala was crying in my arms, and I was trying to calm her while my heart was breaking into pieces.
When I finally reached home… after what felt like a lifetime…
I found them. Alive. Hiding in a small safe place.
I cannot describe that moment. I couldn’t believe my eyes. My family was still here. Breathing. Together.😔
But something inside us has changed forever.
Since then, Hala hasn’t stopped crying. Her small body couldn’t to bear what she saw and heard—her fever rising, her eyes filled with fear no child should ever know. What did our children do to deserve this? What crime did they commit to live through such horror?
How can a child’s mind understand the sight of torn bodies, the sound of bullets, the smell of death?
How will they grow… in a place where childhood is buried under rubble?
To our dear friends…
Thank you is not enough. Your presence, your prayers, your words—they hold us together when we feel like falling apart.
Please… don’t let our story disappear.❤️🩹
Share it. Speak about it. Let the world see. Let them know.
Expose these crimes.
Because behind every number… there is a child like Hala.
A family like ours.
A heart that is breaking… in silence.
Uploaded by Patricia O'Keefe UK friend of Dalia and family in Gaza
If you would like to help please follow the link
https://www.gofundme.com/f/hala-and-karim-need-your-help-in-gaza/cl/o?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_control&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_GB
Thank you for sharing a fraction of joy that these parents can finally enfold in their arms.
The Early Childhood person in me has a great lump in my throat to see 8 stars shining bright in a very dark sky.