On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the US look for food for Gaza — and mourn
The Peninsula
As famine has descended on Gaza, hundreds of Palestinian Americans have gathered on a WhatsApp group chat to make desperate pleas on behalf of relativ...
As famine has descended on Gaza, hundreds of Palestinian Americans have gathered on a WhatsApp group chat to make desperate pleas on behalf of relatives and friends in the enclave, many trapped and starving.
“Every other day, somebody will say: ‘We have 10 families in this neighborhood. Can somebody get food for them?’” said Hani Almadhoun, a Virginia aid worker and naturalized U.S. citizen who started the group chat years ago and whose parents, multiple siblings and many close friends live in Gaza.
“I’m talking to Palestinians who are upper class, asking me to get their family a pot of soup,” Almadhoun said.
In Gaza, virtually every system of modern life has either collapsed or become unreliable: The banks. The stores. The internet. Cell service. Food distribution is intermittent and hundreds have been killed seeking to collect aid. On Friday, the world’s leading authority on food security officially declared a famine is happening in Gaza City.
Hani Almadhoun, who co-founded the Gaza Soup Kitchen, uses WhatsApp to stay in touch with loved ones and the community in Gaza. Photo credit: Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post
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