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#GazaSoupKitchen Update
August 10, 2026 by #HaniAlmadhoun, Organizer
"Dear friends, allies, and supporters,
This is my note to you. I like to check in every now and then, and as you have come to know, these messages are where I speak directly from the heart.
Many of you let me know how much you appreciate these updates, so first off—thank you. Thank you for being here, for your patience, and for walking this heavy road with us. You put your heart and your resources into this work, and you make every single day of survival possible.
As you can imagine, living and working in #Gaza right now means navigating a strange, tense age of hoping to see real peace. On the ground, we have felt a reduction in constant air strikes compared to past months, but there is no commitment or guarantee that the bombing is truly over. We made no mistake in hearing the news this week when Prime Minister #Netanyahu made it clear he does not support the 15-point peace plan authored by the President of the United States. The political reality remains deeply painful, but while politicians stall, you and I continue to act.
Here is a quick, direct update on the relief and programs your generosity is powering on the ground today:
- The Orphan Learning Academy: Today, we held a small celebration for the children with face painting and pizza. Seeing their smiles in the photos was just heartwarming. This small initiative gives these kids a sanctuary—a place to belong, to laugh, and to learn. We currently serve at least 50 children who are missing one or both parents. As you will tell us, navigating a genocide without a mother or father nearby is an unimaginable burden. While caretakers step in, nothing replaces the embrace of a parent, and giving these kids a moment of peace means everything.
- #KhanYunis Learning Center: Miss Fatma is still teaching four days a week, bringing around 40 children together each session for English, math, and basic education. She constantly brings them small treats out of her own pocket, inspiring them to keep learning, keep growing, and keep their young minds engaged.
- #FrontlineMedicalCare: Our medical point continues to treat an average of 60 patients every single day. Dr. Majd—our doctor who is brave enough to work right on the yellow line—is an absolute gift. Her courage, skill, and deep care under extreme conditions keep our entire team hopeful. On top of this, our hospital meal distribution continues steadily as planned, delivering at least 250 hot meals daily across two different hospitals to support patients, medical staff, and families in care.
- #Water Distribution: We have now scaled up to 14 water trucks running daily, bringing clean water all the way from #Rafah in the south to Mashru' #BeitLahiya in the north. Access to clean water haunts me constantly as I see desperate families forced to decide whether to buy a loaf of bread or a gallon of water. Because of your commitment, our team doesn't hesitate—when a neighborhood needs water, they make the call and send the truck. Trucking water is a relatively inexpensive way to save lives, with fuel being our primary cost.
- #CommunityKitchens: We are now operating 25 kitchens spanning from #Mawasi and Rafah all the way to #Mashru' Beit Lahiya. Rather than opening new sites, several kitchens have expanded, with some now providing hot meals for up to 1,500 people a day (averaging about 1,000 per kitchen). Food exists in local markets, but because people have lost their jobs and livelihoods, buying it is nearly impossible. Despite severe banking disruptions, fluctuating prices, and daily insecurities, your support keeps these stoves burning.
One thing we are closely watching this week is market volatility: produce prices went up by about 10%. We aren't entirely sure what to make of this shift just yet or if it's a temporary spike. For now, we are keeping our food packages and portions exactly as they are, but if this price surge continues, we may have to make a few operational trade-offs to keep expanding our reach.- Targeted #FoodParcels: Alongside our daily meals, we produce targeted lists to serve specific groups. Last week, we focused on homemakers. This week, based on a direct request from the local community, we pledged to register and serve 1,500 people across two categories: the elderly and newlywed couples. This is on top of our evergreen support for nursing mothers, expecting moms, and workers who have lost their income.
Remember, you pay for all of this. You make this life-saving work possible, and you deserve every shout-out there is.
I’ll be the first to admit that I often feel small in the face of such massive hardship. But I want you to know that as long as we have the resources you provide, we will keep cooking, trucking water, and dispatching aid. The moment we start worrying about resources, as you can imagine, is the moment we speak up and ask for help.
Please keep sharing our work, commenting, and spreading the word. Speak out first against the ongoing injustice, and then share the tangible, life-saving solutions that you and I are creating together on the ground.
Thank you for being here with us.
Hani "
FMI and to donate:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily#ForcedRelocation #GazaCity #KhanYounes #NorthGaza #GazaAid #GazaFundraisers #FreePalestine #Fundraisers #FoodIsLife #WaterIsLife #GoFundMe #BaitLahiya #KhanYounes #Palestine #Genocide #Starvation #IsraeliWarCrimes #NorthernGaza
Remember #ChefMahmoud
#HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #USAIDCuts #HumanitarianZones -
استشهاد شخص وإصابة آخرين جراء #غارة من #مسيرة #إسرائيلية استهدفت #مركبة #مدنية في منطقة #بئر 20 بمواصي #خان #يونس جنوبي #قطاع #غزة
One person was killed and others were injured in an #Israeli #drone #strike targeting a #civilian #vehicle in the #Bir 20 area of #Mawasi #Khan #Younis in the southern #Gaza #Strip.
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Eccone alcuni: a Rafah occidentale, vicino alla Linea Gialla, è stato ucciso un pastore di 42 anni, Rafat Breika; nel quartiere di Zeitoun, Louay Bassl è stato ucciso nella sua casa.
Nel settembre 2024, i bombardamenti israeliani uccisero quattro membri della famiglia di Bassl, tra cui due bambini. A est di Deir al-Balah, è stata uccisa Fatima al-Zahra, 26 anni, e a Beit Lahiya è stato ucciso Jude Dweik, 13 anni.
E a #Mawasi, Rafah, due camionisti, Mohammed Abd al-Fattah e Mahmoud Nafez, sono stati uccisi dal fuoco israeliano.
I loro corpi sono stati ritrovati giovedì, dopo che erano scomparsi da diversi giorni. ⬇️9 -
#Mawasi Khan Younis: Spring flowers bloom, and this is all that remains after this war. Not a single stone or tree remains growing among the tents, reminding us of the beautiful spring days in my beloved city of Rafah. Two years have passed, and I am displaced, far from my city, living in tents. A miserable life: no food, no clothes, no furniture, no electricity, no water. Insects and rodents have spread and brought us many diseases. The situation is truly catastrophic. https://gofund.me/4e07be7c
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⭕Deux #Palestiniens ont été tués et d’autres blessés lors d’une frappe aérienne #Israélienne visant un véhicule dans la région de #Mawasi, à #Khan-Younis. #Eye-On-Palestine
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CW: Medical Warning
Assalamu Alaikum. I'm Mohammed, writing from a tent in Mawasi Khan Yunis, Gaza. 🇵🇸
I provide for 13 family members. My mother is in CRITICAL condition: stroke, paralysis, & partial foot amputation with severe gangrene. ⚠️
No medical care, clean water, or proper food. Her life is in danger. Seeking urgent help/verification from @GazaVerified & @lisamelton.
#Gaza #MutualAidGaza #HelpGaza #SpecialNeedsGaza #OperationOliveBranch #Mawasi #GazaHealth -
Salah ha chiesto la consegna di più medicine e attrezzature mediche agli ospedali di Gaza e la fornitura di più case mobili, tende e carburante prima che giunga la prossima ondata di freddo.
I media palestinesi hanno riferito ieri che una bambina di 2 mesi, Sham Yousef al-Shambari, è morta per il freddo in una tenda dove la sua famiglia viveva nell'area di #Mawasi, nel sud di Gaza.
Il dottor Munir aI-Barash, direttore generale del Ministero della Sanità di Gaza, controllato da Hamas, ha dichiarato che i bambini sotto i 3 mesi sono particolarmente vulnerabili al freddo a causa della mancanza di coperte e riscaldamento.
Ha avvertito delle difficili condizioni dei residenti sfollati e dei malati nella Striscia.⟧🔚3
✍️Jack Khoury e Rawan Suleiman. -
“Ministry of #Health:
‘Hakim Ahmed Al-Zaharna, who works with our staff at the European Gaza Hospital, passed away due to the severe cold that the residents of the Gaza Strip are suffering from in his tent in the #Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern #Gaza Strip
This incident comes amid the difficult humanitarian conditions experienced by displaced citizens, as the suffering of #Gaza residents increases due to low temperatures and lack of heating in the tents.December 27, 2024’
https://bsky.app/profile/peterwening.bsky.social/post/3lebl3hfm4s2w
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'People Simply Vaporized': Israeli Attacks on the South Gaza Humanitarian Zone Have Killed Scores of Palestinians.
The #Israel army classified #Mawasi as a humanitarian zone and directed #Gaza's civilian population there. But despite its humanitarian classification, the IDF has never refrained from striking it – and the UN says attacks there have intensified recently«
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-12-17/ty-article-magazine/.premium/israeli-attacks-on-the-south-gaza-humanitarian-zone-have-killed-scores-of-palestinians/00000193-d0f9-d4b3-adb3-f8fd6c5a0000 (Paywall) -
Again, a humanitarian zone bombed, people killed and wounded.
»An overnight Israeli #airstrike on an area that #Israel itself had designated as a #humanitarian #zone for displaced people in southern #Gaza has killed and injured dozens of #Palestinians […]
At least 19 bodies arrived at hospitals from the humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. More than 60 people were also wounded, it said, as rescuers raced to recover victims buried under sand and debris.
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“(Israeli forces) told us to go to #Mawasi and we did, and they strike us. We have been displaced a hundred times,” Taghreed Abu Assi, a Palestinian in Khan Younis told CNN.«https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/09/middleeast/gaza-khan-younis-israel-strike-intl-latam/index.html
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Three US-made MK-84 bombs dropped by Israel on Gaza’s Al #mawasi "safe zone" struck a refugee tent camp sheltering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, resulting in at least 40 deaths.
@palestine
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"An #Israeli strike Tuesday on #Mawasi, a coastal tent encampment in southern #Gaza that Israeli forces designated a humanitarian zone, killed at least 19 people and injured more than 60, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
Rescue workers were still trying to reach people trapped under rubble and debris...
Israeli warplanes hit the area with about five missiles in the middle of the night"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/10/israel-strike-gaza-mawasi-khan-younis-deaths/
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Eyewitnesses (reported by Jack Khoury for #Haaretz):
"People were buried under the sand, and were extracted as body parts,"
"it seemed like a volcano erupted on us, everything was destroyed around, people were buried alive, children were injured."
"They told us to evacuate to #Mawasi, that it's a safe area. In the end, this area is also attacked"
"This is Netanyahu's target bank. Where is the world and where are the Arab countries?"
[…] The spokesman for the rescue services in the southern Gaza Strip, Ahmed Radwan, said in an interview with the A-Shams radio station in Nazareth that the scale of the attack and the lack of equipment made rescue operations difficult. "90% of our equipment was destroyed, there are no tools and no ability to function, we are working with bare hands," he described.
Hebrew https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/politics/2024-09-10/ty-article/00000191-db81-d817-a5ff-fb81bc150000 or https://archive.is/URuEm
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“Civil Defense spokesman in #gaza :
- #Mawasi area of #khanyounis is full of displaced people, with more than 200 tents, estimate of 20-40 tents were completely damaged. It was targeted with multiple missiles, 3 deep holes at the site.
- It’s classified as a humanitarian area.
- No warnings/alerts were given to the residents before the bombing.
- Entire families disappeared under the sand.
- There is a severe shortage of tools/equipment for search/rescue operations due to the war.” #press -
«Colpito Mohammed Deif»: #Israele fa strage a #Gaza nella zona sicura di #Mawasi | il manifesto
Almeno 90 i #civili #palestinesi uccisi. E #Netanyahu non può confermare la morte del leader di #Hamas.
https://ilmanifesto.it/colpito-mohammed-deif-israele-fa-strage-nella-zona-sicura-di-mawasi
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Saw this exchange between reporter Said Arikat and state department spokesperson Miller about Israel's pattern of commiting massacres anytime peace negotiations begin to make progress.
In response Matthew Miller seems to gaslight the reporter and suggests political violence is A-OK.
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Right on schedule, Israeli government sources are now back tracking and not sure last weeks horrific air strikes that killed over 100 civilian in Mawasi even killed the Hamas leader they were after.
Please also keep in mind that this strike was conducted during peace negotiations where Hamas had largely agreed to the terms then Israel did this strike and changed the terms of ceasefire talks.
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Gaza's killing zone
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Israel’s attack on al-Mawasi camp was a multi-stage attack involving multiple missiles, drones and quadcopters and lasting for around 90 minutes.
See ALT text for detailed description.
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A 'message' written with the blood of hundreds of innocent Palestinians, mostly women and children...
#Gaza
#Israel
#Mawasi
#massacres
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Does this look surgical?
A few days ago Israel claimed to have conducted a "surgical strike" that "only killed Hamas Terrorist".
Anyone with eyes can see dropping a bunker buster on countless school children and UN workers is genocide, plain and simple.
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“Where are we supposed to go?” asked Mahmoud Abu Yaseen, who said he heard two air strikes and clutched his children, then woke up in the hospital to find his son had died.
The family had already been displaced five times since the war began, he said.
At least 90 people were killed and 300 wounded in the attack on Saturday, one of the deadliest in the nine-month war. Many are reportedly still missing.
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»Die Explosionen am Samstagvormittag waren deutlich lauter als das, was die Bewohner von Khan Younis seit Monaten gewohnt sind. Auch die 70 Meter hohe Rauchwolke, die der israelische #Luftangriff unmittelbar beim westlich der Stadt liegenden Flüchtlingslager Al #Mawasi hinterließ, trieb viele Menschen aus Angst vor weiteren Einschlägen in die Flucht. Die Suchtrupps von Freiwilligen und Nachbarn bargen in den nächsten Stunden mit ihren bloßen Händen mindestens 71 #Tote. 289 #Verletzte wurden in die nahe gelegenen Krankenhäuser von Al Nasser und Amal eingeliefert.
Al Mawasi ist eine von der israelischen Armee (IDF) ausgewiesene #humanitäre #Schutzzone, in die sich Palästinenser und Palästinenserinnen aus anderen Teilen des Gazastreifens gerettet hatten. Mit fünf 1000-Kilo-Bomben hatte die #IDF in dem zwölf Kilometer langen Küstenstreifen zwischen Rafah und Khan Younis ein Ziel ins Visier genommen, das ihr wichtiger erschien als der selbst ausgerufene Schutzstatus.«
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Scott #Anderson, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and Director of #UNRWA Affairs in #Gaza, on #Israel's yesterday's attack on the al-#Mawasi "humanitarian zone":
»Visiting the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis yesterday, I witnessed some of the most horrific scenes I have seen in my nine months in Gaza. This overstretched health facility admitted well over 100 of yesterday’s severe injuries. With not enough beds, hygiene equipment, sheeting, or scrubs, many patients were treated on the ground without disinfectants. Ventilation systems were switched off due to a lack of electricity and fuel, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.
I saw #toddlers who are double #amputees, #children paralyzed and unable to receive treatment, and others separated from their parents. I also saw mothers and fathers who were unsure if their children were alive. Parents told me in despair that they had moved into the ‘so-called humanitarian zone’ in the hope that their children would be safe there..«
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Al-Mawasi used to be a rare beauty spot on the otherwise overcrowded coast of the Gaza Strip. Stretching for about 12km (7.5 miles) between Khan Younis and Rafah, it was one of the most magnificent beach areas, with rolling golden sand dunes.
But al-Mawasi, the serene beach spot, is no more. Israel’s genocide has transformed it from an area of recreation to an area of endless horror.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/7/8/gazas-safe-zone-of-horror
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Israel spotted Osama bin Laden in al-Mawasi
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A man carries a child’s body near Nasser Hospital, following the killing of Palestinians in an Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi tent camp on Saturday [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]
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Palestinians inspect the Al-Mawasi camp, in Khan Younis, Gaza, after an Israeli air strike on Saturday [Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu Images]