
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸
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Biomedical Engineer | Gaza. Survivor, storyteller, and witness to a war that changed everything. Still carrying hope beneath the ruins.
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Today, my family and I went to the sea, just to give the children a moment of joy amidst all the fear and exhaustion. They were so happy, laughing and playing as if, for a few moments, they had forgotten everything we are living through in Gaza. But shortly before we left, a gunboat approached and opened fire toward the area, forcing us to leave early. Even the sea, which was our only escape and the only place where we could breathe freely, has become dangerous too. In Gaza, there is no safe place anymore… every place carries fear.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸1,739,487 views • 2 days ago

We have been flooded by the rain, and the water has entered our tents. People here are suffering, and no one is checking on us. We are at the beginning of winter, and we don’t know how much more we can endure. Everyone is feeling sick, especially the children and the elderly.😭
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸195,280 views • 6 months ago

I cannot accept what has happened to us, nor what has befallen my city, nor the people I loved and lost. I cannot accept the loss of my memories, my education, and the dreams I used to draw day by day and try to achieve. I cannot accept what has happened to the olive trees, the green nature, and the beautiful flowers in Beit Hanoun, nor to Gaza’s clear sky, which has now become heavy with the smoke of war. All of this is beyond my ability to endure. I cannot hold back my tears, I cannot stop the pain, and I cannot stop the anger… yes, the anger that lives inside me and weighs on my heart every single moment.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸54,681 views • 4 months ago

My home in Beit Hanoun was the highest house there, and it had already been damaged before. I just received news that it has now been completely destroyed and has collapsed into rubble. I will never forget that video during the first truce, when I raised the Palestinian flag on top of my house, because it was the highest in Beit Hanoun. All I wish now is for my home to still be standing and strong, so that I can raise the Palestinian flag there once again ✌️🇵🇸.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸39,723 views • 7 months ago

My people on Nuri Hill — the crowded displacement site where trucks have stopped because of the severe congestion from the displacement — are singing and chanting “We’re tired, our country,” and pouring out their negative energy through shouting, singing, and dancing. I swear to you we love life, but no one hears us properly; no one understands us.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸38,534 views • 8 months ago

I arrived safely, but exhaustion is overwhelming me… I can’t feel my legs after running seven kilometers without stopping, gasping for air, but I didn’t stop. I had to make it to the American aid distribution center, despite the danger and the bullets raining down on us from every direction. I haven’t slept since yesterday. At 3:00 AM, I sat on the street near the sea, in the Farsh Farsh area close to the Muawiya Mosque, in the freezing cold, watching the dawn and preparing myself for what lay ahead. We began moving forward slowly, with trembling hearts and fragile hope. Suddenly, gunfire erupted all around us — random, direct — as if our lives meant nothing. Martyrs were falling before my eyes, my steps faltered, but I didn’t let fear paralyze me. We retreated then, catching our breath, tending to our wounded hopes. At exactly 5:00 AM, we tried again. This time, they didn’t shoot. I began to run with everything left in my body — seven kilometers of effort, tears, fear, and hope — until I reached the center. It felt like I had arrived in paradise. I managed to get flour, rice, sugar, cooking oil, and even three cans of halva — things we haven’t seen in so long, like relics from another time. I carried the sack on my back and walked all the way back to the school where I live with my family. I was exhausted, my body broken, but my heart was full of joy. I was able to bring them what they had wished for — to see happiness in their eyes, to feel, even for a moment, that I had triumphed over this hell. Yes… I triumphed.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸43,362 views • 1 year ago

I have about 8,000 followers, but I don’t see any interaction from everyone on my page. With all love and humanity, I wish for the 8,000 people to leave a like or even just a dot. I am from Gaza… from the heart of suffering, I write to you now and hope my voice reaches you. I challenge you to make this message reach the world, to prove that humanity is still alive. Your like or comment could be the spark that draws attention to what we are living through here. Let’s turn 8,000 voices into a wave that cannot be ignored.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸30,704 views • 9 months ago

I finished my first final exam for the first semester at Al-Azhar University – Gaza, majoring in Biomedical Engineering, through the online education system. Despite all the difficult circumstances we are living through, we will not give up. We will keep trying, learning, and dreaming… until our very last breath.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸35,670 views • 1 year ago

Right now, people are evacuating the tower and throwing their mattresses and belongings from the top of the building so they can grab whatever they need before the tower is demolished. As you can see, it’s a scene filled with betrayal and pain. Sadly, many people will sleep on the streets tonight.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸25,855 views • 9 months ago

With pain and anguish, we humble ourselves — not out of greed or desire — but simply to obtain a kilo or two of flour. We pay for it, thanks to those who support us; we do not ask the seller for charity or a handout. We plead with him to sell it to us, even as flour has become scarce in the markets, known in Gaza now as “white gold,” with prices soaring beyond our means. We do not seek luxury or comfort; we chase after a simple morsel to keep our children alive. We endure humiliation not for ourselves, but for the little ones whose eyes meet ours each evening, silently and painfully asking: Is there bread today? We have come to beg life for mere crumbs — just to survive another day, just to keep our children alive.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸27,635 views • 1 year ago

I can barely speak anymore—every word feels heavy, and exhaustion consumes me. I write, I speak, I express… but it all feels pointless, unheard. Yesterday, a journalist burned—did you see that? Can something like this be overlooked? This isn’t just a conflict… it’s something far worse than war. What hurts even more is that so many seem content with what’s happening to us.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸24,361 views • 1 year ago

My family and I are fine, but I don't think we will be for much longer.😭
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸18,828 views • 1 year ago

Yesterday, while I was searching for a place to flee with my family, I found myself gazing at our sea… the Sea of Gaza. That sea has always been, and still is, our only refuge — where our souls find peace amidst the roar of its waves and the gentle whisper of its breeze. How beautiful were those moments when we used to sit on its shore, watching the distant horizon as if trying to escape everything happening around us. The sea would whisper serenity to us, stealing away our worries and planting in our hearts a fragment of the peace we so desperately miss in every detail of our lives. Oh, how I long for those beautiful days… when we gathered with friends and family upon its golden sands, laughing from the depths of our hearts, exchanging stories and memories, as if we owned the whole world. The sea was a witness to our joy, a sanctuary for us, a shelter for our weary souls. Ah, if only time could take us back to those moments… when nothing weighed on our hearts but the setting sun, and our only fear was the end of a beautiful day spent close to those we love. 🌊✨
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸14,272 views • 9 months ago

I’m sharing the scene with you directly from the school where I’m staying — caught in the middle between the danger zone of displacement and the Mawasi area. I don’t know how much danger we’ll be in when the strikes hit the evacuation zone. Right now, people are fleeing like ants, moving from eastern Khan Younis to the west, toward Mawasi, searching for any sign of safety.
Mahmoud Massri | مَحْمُود 🇵🇸17,950 views • 1 year ago