🚨 An American bomb took her ENTIRE family and her eyesight. She’s 11.

10-year-old Maria survived the U.S.-Israeli airstrike that blinded her and killed everyone she loved.

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🩹 She’s only 11 years old.

Her name is Maria Moath Rayhan.

She’s soft-spoken, sweet, and is now a blind orphan in Gaza. I can’t imagine a harder position for a human being to be in.

Her eyes are covered in bandages — and behind those bandages, doctors say she still has a small chance at regaining her vision.

In the video above, filmed by @aziz_khalil00 and translated by Translating Falasteen, Maria calmly describes the moment an American bomb dropped by Israel obliterated her entire family — and stole her sight.

She is the sole survivor.

The only one left.

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🕯️ A massacre — paid for by us.

This wasn’t random.
It wasn’t a “tragic accident.”
It wasn’t “collateral damage.”

It was a targeted airstrike on a civilian home — one of tens of thousands — funded by the United States, delivered by Israel.

Maria’s story is part of a broader campaign of annihilation. A campaign that has killed over 30,000 children, blinded hundreds, ripped limbs off of thousands, and destroyed entire family trees.

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👁️ She can still be saved.

Doctors believe Maria’s eyesight can still be restored — but only if she is evacuated immediately for urgent, specialized medical care abroad.

Her remaining relatives are begging for help.

They are calling on any government, medical system, or humanitarian agency with a conscience to intervene — to give Maria the chance not just to survive, but to see again.

But every day that passes increases the risk of permanent damage.

This is the window. Right now.

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