DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaSoupKitchen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaSoupKitchen</span></a> Update on July 23, 2025 by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaniAlmadhoun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaniAlmadhoun</span></a>, Organizer</p><p>"Right now, in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>:</p><p>Over 90% of the population faces acute food insecurity</p><p>Real children—not statistics—are giving up. Their bodies are shutting down from hunger, and they don’t even know it’s not normal</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Famine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Famine</span></a> isn’t a theory—it’s not in some academic journal. It’s in the streets, in the shelters, in the makeshift tents</p><p>Parents are skipping meals so their kids can eat</p><p>People are walking 2, 5, 8 miles on foot just for a single scoop of lentils</p><p>Many collapse from hunger before ever reaching our kitchens</p><p>A doctor told us this week:</p><p>> “We’re seeing fewer patients. Not because they’re healing—because they don’t have the strength to walk here.”</p><p>Let that sink in.</p><p>We operate 11 kitchens across Gaza.<br>Today, only 5 are functional.<br>Some are running at just 70% capacity, because food is nearly impossible to find.</p><p>We rotate, we stretch, we improvise—just to survive.</p><p>Still, our team doesn’t give up. Not now. Not ever.</p><p>They source food in a war zone.<br>They call every contact from 40 years of work in Gaza—<br>Farmers with hidden plots. Vendors who stash away grains.<br>Friends who whisper: “Try this alley… there might be rice.”<br>Every bag of lentils is a mission.<br>Every scoop of soup is a triumph.</p><p>Even grapes became a precious offering this week.<br>Not because we’re living in luxury—<br>But because flour wasn’t available, and grapes were.<br>And because a farmer who dares to grow under war deserves our support.<br>So we bought the grapes. And we gave them away.<br>To families who haven’t tasted fruit in months.</p><p>Some moments break us.</p><p>Like when a child tells us they haven’t eaten in three days—<br>And still doesn’t make it to the front of the line.</p><p>Like when we have to stop delivering meals to hospitals—<br>Because we couldn’t source enough flour.<br>Even though doctors are starving.<br>Even though they’re surrounded by death 24/7.<br>And even though the lies about them cut deeper than any wound.</p><p>But some moments lift us.</p><p>Like the way you showed up.<br>With your donations. Your kindness. Your belief.<br>That maybe, just maybe, this world can be less cruel if we insist on love.</p><p>We want to be honest with you:</p><p>➡️ Do we need money today? No.<br>➡️ Will we need it next week? Maybe not.<br>➡️ But next month? Without a doubt.</p><p>Because every single day is a test of how long we can hold the line.</p><p>We want to be Gaza’s last light.<br>Not flickering in the dark—<br>But standing tall.</p><p>And with your help, we can.</p><p>Yes, there are other heartfelt efforts happening across Gaza. We honor them.<br>But at this scale—11 kitchens, 60+ brave staff, thousands of meals—there is no one doing it quite like this.</p><p>Please remember:<br>You are part of this.<br>This is your compassion.<br>Your love.<br>Your impact—served warm in bowls that nourish not just stomachs, but souls.</p><p>With full hearts, tired hands, and unshakable hope,<br>—The Gaza Soup Kitchen Team"</p><p>Donate: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-gaza-daily" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-in-ga</span><span class="invisible">za-daily</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthGaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaAid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaFundraisers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaFundraisers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fundraisers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fundraisers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoFundMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoFundMe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeitLahiya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeitLahiya</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BaitLahiya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BaitLahiya</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KhanYounes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KhanYounes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthernGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthernGaza</span></a> <br>Remember <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChefMahmoud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChefMahmoud</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsAreNeverWrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsAreNeverWrong</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a></p>