Scenes of the displacement of Palestinians from Rafah to the center of the Gaza Strip spread on social media platforms (social networking sites)
The displaced Palestinians in Rafah, located on the Palestinian-Egyptian border and where the people of Gaza took refuge as a “safe haven” after the massive destruction caused by the Israeli war in their areas, enter the midst of a new displacement journey with unknown destination after a difficult night they lived in the city and in anticipation of a possible invasion by an army. Occupation.
Since the start of the Israeli aggression on the north and center of the Gaza Strip, the violent bombing has raised fears among residents and prompted many of them to flee from their areas to other areas to escape death.
Gazan citizens no sooner stay in an area where there is some safety than they leave again to search for the lost security in the besieged land of Gaza.
This displacement journey, which began from north to south, continues until they end up in Rafah, and then they return again to their never-ending journey back to the center of the Strip.
Back and forth between the cities and neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip, the displaced people were tired of fleeing to save their lives and secure their children, but the most important question for them, after all the destruction that befell their homes and cities, and in light of the almost complete lack of basic necessities of life, is: “Where do we go?”
Palestinian journalist Hani Abu Rizq documented - on his Instagram page - the displacement of thousands of Palestinians from Rafah after a violent bombardment launched by the Israeli occupation in the southern Gaza Strip, which led to a large number of martyrs and wounded.
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As the hashtag #Rafah spread in response to the current crisis, bloggers on social networking sites reacted to the new displacement journey, criticizing international positions towards the Israeli war on Gaza and doubting the existence of any safe place inside the Strip.
It would have been better for them not to leave. They will not be safe anywhere else. The deranged man is lying to them. It would have been better for them to remain in #Rafah to make the invasion difficult for him..# Rafah
- Boune Ahmad (@ahmad48504) February 13, 2024
Others saw that thousands of displaced people leaving Rafah were heading to an unknown fate in light of the escalating tensions with the continued Israeli threat and the deteriorating humanitarian conditions throughout the Strip.
Confusion and displacement. Thousands are displaced from Rafah towards the unknown... there is no safe place... we flee with our children from death to death... God is sufficient for us and our protector... pic.twitter.com/qidvgDuvmN
— Najim Radwan (@NajimRadwan) February 12, 2024
A displaced woman from Rafah wrote down her suffering with displacement by saying, “We left the area, home, family, and friends in Khan Yunis and went to the safe zone promoted by the Israeli occupation. Today we return to a new displacement journey far from the previous places of displacement.”
After more than two months, we were displaced from our homes and areas and left our lives, our families, and our friends in Khan Yunis to go to the safe area, according to the occupation’s propaganda. We will also be displaced once from Rafah to Khan Yunis to look for a safe place. I wish we could return to our homes. Quite the opposite. We will go back and move away from our homes again because Rafah is not safe. ..
— HuDa El-astal (@HuDaAstl) February 12, 2024
The reverse exodus from Rafah comes after more than 100 Palestinians were martyred and dozens injured - most of them women and children - in violent Israeli bombing of homes and mosques in the city located south of the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli war on Gaza entered its fifth month, leaving more than 28,176 martyrs and 67,784 dead. Wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.
Source: Al Jazeera + social networking sites