Khan Younis – SABA:
Anwar Bseiseh, a modest trader in his forties from Khan Younis, never imagined that going out to seek aid for his children would alter the course of his life forever.
On May 27, amidst thousands of desperate people gathered at aid distribution points west of Rafah, that was his only chance to feed his family under the brutal siege.
At those points, tightly controlled by Israeli occupation forces and their snipers, the lines of civilians seeking food had become zones of danger—places where the search for sustenance is met with the threat of death.
While lying on the ground during the chaos, Anwar witnessed a young man being shot in front of him. He rushed to help, but was himself struck by a bullet in the back. The shot pierced his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
According to the Palestinian Information Center, Anwar is now lying in Nasser Hospital, unable to move half his body. His family struggles to survive in a makeshift tent after losing their breadwinner—and with him, their sense of security and stability.
His grieving wife recounted:
“He didn’t want to go, but he couldn’t stand to see our children starving. He came back to us paralyzed and broken. Now he needs care instead of being our provider.”
Anwar’s story is just one among thousands in Gaza, where seeking humanitarian aid has become a deadly risk. Aid distribution is governed by the Israeli occupation, denying civilians access to their most basic rights under siege and conflict.
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