Many Palestinians who have fled the northern Gaza Strip to Rafah may face continued exodus, given the large concentration of displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip and the recent Israeli indications that it is planning a ground operation against Rafah. Some displaced people in Rafah say they may choose to die in Rafah when they have no way out.
On the 18th local time, the Israeli army continued to carry out air strikes on Rafah. Mahdi, a displaced person who fled from Khan Younis to Rafah, survived the raids, but his temporary home and belongings were wiped out in the raids. In the face of the ground operation that the Israeli army may launch at any time, Mahdi, who has suffered from the conflict, seems very helpless, and he has lost hope of continuing to live with nothing.
Displaced Persons Mahdi:We're not going to leave Rafah, we're going to die in our own country, what else can we go to? We had nowhere to go, my house in Khan Younis was bombed, my house in Salah al-Din was bombed, all our belongings were gone, money and belongings were gone, food was gone, we used to live on this car, and now the car has been bombed.
During the conflict, the Israeli army evacuated the population of Gaza to safe areas designated by the Israeli army. However, Ahmed, who entered the so-called "safe zone", was hit by an airstrike, and one of his relatives was killed in the airstrike.
Displaced person Ahmed:This is the case with the "safe zone", people were killed in the "safe zone", there is no safe place at all, and these people who were killed were transferred to the "safe zone" according to the Israeli army's demands, and they were bombed and killed in the "safe zone" that the Israeli army said.
Displaced people Raid:There was no safe place in the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli army had even bombed UNRWA schools and had people evacuated to designated "safe zones", which were not safe and there were no safe places at all.
Displaced Hassan:We hope that the international community will put pressure on Israel not to enter Rafah, where there are already too many displaced people, and if the Israeli army wants to displace these people again, how will they deal with so many people? 1.3 million, 1.4 million ** are gone, and these displaced people are going to go**?