The night before last night was intense and crazy, we tried to rest but after less than one hour, we got up to these bombings everywhere across all Rafah, we had no idea what was happening. We were looking at the news, we had no idea what was actually happening. Did they actually come in? Is this the ground invasion of Rafah? Is it not? Too many questions, no answers. A lot of bombings, and death felt too close. It always feels very close, but at some points, it gets too, too, too close. And that night was one of those nights. We were ready to die that night. We still can’t believe we survived it. And we know it will only get worse with time.

The sleep deprivation has caused my immunity to be horrible. Infections are common and widespread in Rafah because it is densely populated currently with a lack of hygiene materials, sewage everywhere, and people are in close proximity. I caught a bad viral infection from the hospital, and keep catching those because I know my immunity is not great.