Hamidreza Afrideh, a composer and kamancheh player, sits on the ruins of his music school and says:
"I wanted the last sound that remains here to be music, not bombs and missiles."
Do you remember him?
The hero, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya a historic legend shaped by days and defining moments.
They besieged him, injured him, chased him, and threatened him.
They killed his son a piece of his heart to force the evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital.
He buried his son in the hospital courtyard, refused to abandon his patients, and returned to continue his professional and national duty.
He even refused to leave Gaza, despite the fact that he and his family hold another nationality.
He stood firm with a resilience that even mountains cannot match.
A kind heart.
An icon of steadfastness and morality.
They arrested him and tortured him after his voice grew hoarse from pleading with a deaf world until the very last moment.
Today, his family says: “We are terrified,” fearing his physical liquidation under the prisoner execution law approved by the Israeli Knesset.
Free Hossam Abu Safiya.
My cat Leo loved sitting among them.
He knew nothing about war,
and didn’t understand siege or hunger.
He was just a small soul trying to live.
But I lost Leo to hunger in Gaza.
The flowers are still here…
but Leo is no longer here.