Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

After having smoked for well over 15years and despite many attempts to quit this filthy habit, I am sadly still a smoker. If you smoke or know someone who does, you will know quitting cigarettes is no easy task but Inshallah, I will succeed this time.

So why am I doing this? Well, children and adults alike are being killed by heavy air strikes in what is the worst outbreak of violence in Gaza since 2012.

The hospitals are overwhelmed and fast running out of supplies whilst human rights organisations press international aid and donor groups to intervene and deliver urgent medical aid. Adham Abu Salmia, Gaza's Ambulance and Emergency spokesman, has said the medical crisis is acute and near catastrophic.

The situation is truly dire as residents continue to observe the dawn-to-dusk fast for Ramadan. They are extremely vulnerable to the escalating violence in the region and urgently need clean water, medicine and temporary shelter.

Times are hard for all of us but can you really compare yourself to those in Gaza & Palestine? Please help us to help the people of Gaza.

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