Several of my friends here asked me if Iโm in a safe place, but I struggle to explain the geography of Gaza and people from overseas struggle to understand it. So Iโm writing a thread. ๐งถโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
#Gaza #FreeGaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #GazaMutualAid
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •The Gaza Strip is tiny: itโs 40 km long, 9 km wide, 365 km2 in area, which is similar to Inner London, or the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens combined.
Itโs tiny and mostly flat, there arenโt huge differences in climate nor big hills nor mountains. Thereโs a few rivers and nature reserves.
Thereโs a very long beach all along, only interrupted by the port of Gaza. Al-Rashid Coastal Road mostly follows the coast.
2/14
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Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •When bombings, air strikes or any sort of attacks happen at one end of the Gaza Strip, depending on the intensity, you may hear it, see it or feel it from anywhere. Itโs always very intense and terrifying.
3/14
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •The Gaza Strip is divided into 5 governorates: North Gaza to the north, then Gaza City, then Deir al-Balah, then Khan Yunis, and the southernmost governorate is Rafah.
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •In each governorate, thereโs typically a city thatโs surrounded with tinier villages, as well as some farmland, and some refugee camps.
The biggest city is by far Gaza City, where about 1 million people normally live, half of the Gaza Strip population.
The Gaza Strip was home to 2 million people at the beginning of the war. We donโt know how many people still live and how many were killed or died, with estimates ranging between 65,000 dead and 500,000 dead.
5/14
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Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Before the war, I used to grow up and live in Gaza City, specifically in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. Most of my family lived in Gaza City.
But my grandparents were originally from a village called Hamama, 25 km north of Gaza City, now completely destroyed and erased from maps, on land claimed by Israel since 1948, outside of the Gaza Strip.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamama
6/14
village in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •When people talk about Gaza, they can talk about all of the Gaza Strip, or Gaza City only (or, rarely, about the Gaza governorate). Most often, people arenโt precise, you need to understand based on context.
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •The Mediterranean Sea is to the west of the Gaza Strip, the Gaza-Israel barrier circles everything, except in the south, where there is the Egypt-Gaza border. That border with Egypt is also under Israeli control. Itโs a bit like if Canada controlled the US-Mexico border. Or if England controlled the Republic of Ireland-Northern Ireland border.
But the Egyptian government seems mostly ok with it anyway.
8/14
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •There are 2 main roads that allow to reach the south from the north: Al-Rashid Coastal Road, and Salah al-Din Road. With frequent surprise Israeli attacks, Salah al-Din Road has become the road of death. People use almost exclusively Al-Rashid Coastal Road.
9/14
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Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •The Israeli army communicates with the people of Gaza through flyers thrown from aircraft but also through social media. Theyโve got WhatsApp and Telegram channels and Facebook pages.
facebook.com/COGAT.ARABIC/
t.me/CogatArabic
whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaEssโฆ
idf.il/ar/
This is official Israeli communication in Arabic.
10/14
โุฌูุด ุงูุฏูุงุน ุงูุงุณุฑุงุฆูููโ | WhatsApp Channel
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Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •They last issued this map about a week ago.
๐ด The red zones are dangerous combat zones and must be evacuated. Itโs a bit ridiculous how much of Gaza is in a red zone.
๐ข The green zone is mostly Al-Mawasi neighbourhood of Khan Yunis, they call it a humanitarian zone. It's overcrowded, it's impossible to find space there, and the main humanitarian organisation is the American GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation), which I'd rather keep away from as much as I can. You may have heard of it.
11/14
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •๐ต The blue zone isn't called a humanitarian zone, so the army says they can get there anytime, but it's not an active combat zone, it shouldn't be too dangerous.
My family and I were stuck in Gaza City but we found land to pitch our tent in the blue zone, in Deir al-Balah, and we can evacuate to it (even though setting a tent and living in it is very difficult).
The red zone must be evacuated if we want to live. But most of Gaza is still very dangerous.
12/14
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •I hope this helps you to better understand where your friends from Gaza are, where I am, and how difficult the situation is.
Please feel free to ask me if youโve got any questions.
13/14
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in reply to Stefan Bohacek • • •Stay safe too ๐ค
Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •If you found this thread interesting, please share it with your friends and followers.
If youโre inclined to get me a coffee or a ghraybeh, please donate to my PayPal account or my Chuffed fundraising campaign.
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โก๏ธ chuffed.org/project/mohshbairgโฆ
You may alternatively donate to the Gaza Verified appeal to spread your donation across several families.
โก๏ธ gaza-verified.org/emergency/
And donโt forget to protest, boycott, pray for us, message usโฆ
Much love.
14/14
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in reply to Baptiste Fluzin • • •PorPalestina
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •We don't forget, Mohammed
Hoping soon things change for the better
Love and strength
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in reply to wakest โ • • •@liaizon Youโre a very good friend! May God reward you. Iโll think of you next time I have a coffee, please think of me next time you have a coffee too, or a tea, and we can have it together, from a distance. I really care for my coffee. โ๏ธ
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in reply to wakest โ • • •millerebonds
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •@liaizon
I heard Rami Abu Jamous
youtube.com/watch?v=ss4cp6LCtLโฆ
Sometimes I think if I was in Gaza maybe I could help to gather wild edible plants, to eat, to make tea... I hope you have enough people who know what to eat and how to identify it.
Maybe pfaf.org/user/ can help you. It helped me but I don't have starvation to solve...
Sometimes I think I'll come to help to rebuild when this war stop...
- YouTube
www.youtube.comPaul Schoe
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Used PayPal.
Thanks for your explanation of the geography of Gaza.
First time I saw the location of Jerusalem. I always thought it was part of Palestine within Israel, but now I see that Jerusalem is surrounded by Palestine.
@mohshbair
#Israel #Westbank #Jerusalem
Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Paul Schoe • • •Thank you so much @paulschoe for your generosity ๐๐๐ Iโm lucky to have a friend like you.
But I didnโt talk about Jerusalem in my message thread, only the Gaza Strip and Gaza City.
Paul Schoe
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Jerusalem was on the map you posted.
@mohshbair
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in reply to Paul Schoe • • •It's Soooo 4D
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to It's Soooo 4D • • •@so4D Letโs hold on to solidarity, friendship, family, to faith and to hope. Thereโs not many other things weโve got left anyway.
Iโm very grateful for your support and for your words of hope. ๐ซ๐น๐๐ซฐ
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in reply to Shared trophy wife • • •Dead_Squirrel_6
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Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Dead_Squirrel_6 • • •@Dead_Squirrel_6 How absurd is it that you would get out of your way so many times, so many times, to harass a 22 years old man who lives in Gaza?
I hope you find something better to do with your life. I wish you well and good health.
Dead_Squirrel_6
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you and others like you brought this to my feed. Welcome to the public sphere.
Edit: I've got the whole day to kill and Hamas can't silence me on here, so you'd best get used to it.
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Thank you Mohammed for taking the time to write all this, it really helped me to understand better the geography!
I got confused before where to situate some places, so it's very helpful.
I really hope you and your family will be ok and survive all this ๐ ๐
Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Raphaellakay • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •PS. The Gaza Verified Emergency Appeal is now over.
Please donate directly to Mohammed and to the other Gaza Verified families:
gaza-verified.org
Gaza Verified
gaza-verified.orgAkane ๅ ฐๅ ฐ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •The situation has evolved a bit, Iโm continuing this thread because it has good visibility.
There are 2 main roads that go from the north to the south of the Gaza Strip: Salah al-Din Road in the middle, and Al-Rashid Coastal Road.
Two days ago, Israel seized control of both, and it closed them.
15/19
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Salah al-Din Road has been mostly unusable for a while. Too many checkpoints, and itโs too dangerous with shelling and random unpredictable gunfire.
But for the last 2 days, Al-Rashid Coastal Road is now under Israeli control too, and they closed it. Itโs forbidden to go from south to north, only north to south. Theyโre denying Gazans freedom of movement, and theyโre preventing the circulation of medicine. Theyโre isolating Gaza City.
16/19
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •They want to completely empty Gaza City of its population. What is it called when a country does that? Ethnic cleansing? Genocide? War crime?
The neighbourhood where I grew up is unrecognisable. The town where my grandparents were born was erased.
They say everyone who stays is a terrorist.
17/19
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Half a million Palestinians are still in Gaza City and the northern areas of the Gaza Strip. The situation is very difficult and very dangerous. Most notably the exorbitant costs of currently more than $4,000 per family to evacuate. Many people die in Israeli air strikes or random unpredictable gunfire. Boys, girls, mothers. And if they stay, their fate is likely to become martyrs.
18/19
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •I hope this helps you to understand that the situation is very difficult, very dangerous and very stressful.
Pray for the people of Gaza. Donโt let us down. ๐๐ซ๐
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19/19
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#Gaza #FreeGaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #CeasefireNow #SaveGazaPeople #Protest #Boycott #BDS
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •I weep when I read all this. Never ever has anything happened that made the Palestinian people deserve this. There is no dispute: Israel is utterly at fault, it's committing crimes - warcrimes and crimes against humanity.
No-one that supports the people of Gaza is capable of doing anything; those who can are world leaders, heads of states and generals. We can only keep shouting out loud that Israel must be stopped.
Please Mohammed, stay alive and safe. I am with you in my prayers
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Heroic work. Standing in solidarity with every each of you from Rennes, France
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Dabid ๐
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •it's difficult to find the words to describe the immense pain I feel when I read your words or those of others in Gaza.
However, words still have value: those of us who still retain our humanity, the decent people of the world, are more numerous. You are not alone. All eyes of decency are on Palestine.
A big hug from the coast of the Basque Country. ๐ซ
Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Dabid ๐ • • •iwein
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to iwein • • •@iwein The Israeli army is imposing an embargo. They donโt let anything in theyโve not thoroughly checked.
The Egyptian army doesnโt control the Egyptian border, Israel does.
And whenever boats try to reach Gaza via the sea, such as Freedom Flotillas or Sumud Flotillas, Israel calls them terrorists and attacks them in international waters even if itโs against international law, and other countries donโt react.
God willing, things change soon.
iwein
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Philip
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Really nicely detailed! How is infrastructure (electricity, internet) still running and managed?
Generally in news reports, photos are framed to show the massive destruction. This makes it look like literally every building has been levelled. This is why I ask about infrastructure - and also food and money. How is any of that moved, stored, maintained? Or are there areas that haven't been completely destroyed that can function?
Thanks for your sharing.
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •For the internet, we rely on phone data (you may donate to instagram.com/connectinghumaniโฆ, or another organisation like this, they give Gazans SIM cards), or some rich people have a wifi emitter and they organise an internet cafe. Itโs expensive, but itโs vital.
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •@mez Money is also a difficult struggle. I explained how it works before, in this thread. The situation has not changed very much in the meantime.
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Fabio Manganiello
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •I have been supporting these providers for a long time. They are literally the angels of connectivity. Thereโs also an Italian NGO that has been active in this for a while.
I was also wondering if satellite Internet is still an option? I know that Musk one year ago enabled Starlink on some areas in the north, but given that I have never heard Gazans mention satellite Internet as an option in the past few months I guess that itโs probably gone?
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Should we not send money to that group???
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in reply to Pug • • •@Pug Itโs well documented that itโs a trap for the most desperate people. Many people get shot every day, many people die, including children.
bbc.com/news/articles/clyz4mzwโฆ
Dozens injured by Israeli gunfire as crowds overwhelmed Gaza aid site, UN says
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oh, I have a question! How many LGBT people live in Gaza?
Also, how many women's shelters and rape shelters could you find before the war?
What kind of political parties did you have? What were their positions?
Tell me more about the economic activity that fueled the economy in Gaza. What was your biggest export?
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in reply to *_jayrope • • •@jrp It works for me when I unroll it. Post number three is here: mastodon.social/@mohshbair/115โฆ
Let me know if the issue persists.
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2025-09-24 17:16:43
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •@jrp It looks correct from my server.
Maybe hub.kiklak.net didn't pull in all the posts? You should be able to get them by searching for the last post in the thread: mastodon.social/@mohshbair/115โฆ
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Miro Collas
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •I can't do much to help, beyond boosting your posts, sorry. I wish you and your family well!
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in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •And i wish you, your family and all other citizens of #gaza that you will not only survive this brutal and fascist trial of a genocide, but furthermore that you will live together in respect and peace with all of your neighbours.
Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐
in reply to Sebastian Gallehr โฎ๏ธ โ • • •aimee80
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • •@Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ Thank you Mohammed, very useful and interesting.
As other people already said, we cannot do much.. ๐ But I'm trying best by boycotting, protesting, supporting the global sumud flotilla, sharing digital content and so on.
dalla Svizzera italiana, un abbraccio e free ููุณุทูู๐
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in reply to aimee80 • • •Sylvain Mailler
in reply to Mohammed Shobair from Gaza ๐ • • •Thanks for the thread. Extremely clear and helpful.
#Gaza #FreeGaza #Palestine #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #GazaMutualAid
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