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While the met gala is happening Israel has begun to bomb Rafah.
They dropped leaflets over Rafah early this morning telling people to evacuate and go back to Khan Yuonis even though they have already decimated and bombed that place as well. The families that were going to evacuate soon cannot do so right now because Israel has placed tanks by the Rafah border leading into Egypt, and they are threatening to shoot and kill anyone not going to Khan Younis.
There is no medical aid, food, or shelter in Khan Younis everything people owned has been carried with them to Rafah as it was supposed to be the only safe place for them to go. Many families need medical attention and care right away, and some are incredibly close to reaching their Go Fund Me goals to cross over the Egypt Border.
A tiktok creator named Erin Hattemer has been helping with partnering creators with a family in Gaza. Even though things seem bleak, you can still connect and donate. Things are very dire right now, and even sending 5 dollars can help a family out immensely. Here is a spreadsheet that contains all of the families that need help urgently. You can still donate, you can still help out.
If you have no money, reblogging and sharing this spreadsheet helps. Interacting with people who can donate so they can give their earnings is also helpful. There's multiple tiktokers livestreaming right now who are using their revenue from their videos to give money, but it's barely enough to reach the goal.
So far, thanks to Erin Hattemer's "Pass the hat" Initiative 9 whole families have been able to reach their goals, that is a huge accomplishment and it was helped by people simply donating to Go Fund Me's and sharing videos to get the word out there.