“I write this letter with the hope that you’ll grow up in a safe world to read it. However, sadly, that outcome is uncertain. The ongoing situation compels me to document this testimony for your generation.

“My babies, my heart weeps profusely. Every day in the hospital, I shed tears for the children growing up amidst this chaos. I cry when I see them laughing in the makeshift tents, oblivious to the tragic disaster unfolding around them — a reality they may comprehend only in the future.”

Read the full letter by Maram Humaid here.

Baby Iyas (left) and baby Ezz — Maram Humaid/Al Jazeera
Baby Iyas (left) and baby Ezz — Maram Humaid/Al Jazeera

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