The past couple of months have been nothing short of devastating for Palestinian nationals, which has seen losses of life, destruction, and pure turmoil for each individual in the affected areas.
An AI-generated image has been shared 46 million times on Instagram story admin continuous strikes on Rafah. This comes after the International Court of Justice ordered a halt fire on Israel after its offensive killed 45 people this week in al-Mawasi western Rafah, which was previously declared a safe zone.
Another strike killed 21 people in displaced camps in the same region, 12 of them being women. Israel has since killed close to 40,000 people, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza from October 7th, 2023.
It’s notable to know that this war didn’t begin this year or last year; it’s been going on, on an off-and-on basis from the late stages of the 19th to early 20th century up to now.
The current brawl between Israel and Palestine is an ongoing political and military conflict about land and self-determination in its territory.
All this has had its effects on both sides, especially Palestine, with the highest number of civilian lives lost. This goes back to 1917 with the Zionist movement, they garnered support from imperial power Britain that issued a declaration dubbed Balfour that was in support of the Jews settling in Palestine.
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British-occupied Ottoman that was later formed into mandatory Palestine. This accounted for the mass immigration of Jews that led to tension between Arabs and Jews, resulting in Intercommunal conflict. Due to the conflict, an Arab revolt in 1936 was called for, where they demanded independence but were later suppressed.
Destruction in displaced camps
In 1948, the Palestine war was triggered again and resulted in the expulsion of most Palestinian Arabs. In 1967, The Dive Day War led to various attempts to try and resolve the Palestine-Israel conflict alongside Israel’s Arab rift.
The negotiations between the Israeli government and the Palestinian liberation organization, which was a two-state solution according to the Oslo Accords of 1993-1995, have dwindled in the recent past to date.
The conflict took a breather and then reincarnated in 2006, and this time, it was most catastrophic. Palestine split into two parts: the Fatas and the Hamas. During this time, the Israelites and Hamas have fought five wars up till now.
On the other side, Israel has been experiencing a political crisis since 2019. Peace negotiations started in 2013 but were later suspended, with the latest war beginning in 2023-2024, which is currently counted as one of the five wars.
When the recent conflict began affecting civilians, they moved from the attack-prone areas. As they kept advancing, so did the Israel attacks, which pushed Palestinians to Rafah, where they are currently seeking refuge from the war.
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Israel keeps advancing and attacking innocent and vulnerable Palestinian nationals despite international condemnation and intervention.
Israel keeps shrugging off attempts by the UNSC and the ICJ’s orders to stop the ongoing attacks on Rafah, which have pushed nearly 1 million desperate Palestinians to Gaza, many of whom have been displaced multiple times; the recent attack has left 45 dead as the situation becomes more intense.
Those being told to stay in camps where they have set up tents to avoid being bombed find themselves moving because there’s nothing like a safe zone during this war.
Israel t keeps bombing everywhere, from hospitals to camps. International communities have called for an immediate cease-fire. Israel is relentless and keeps advancing to Rafah.
The military stated that Rafah was a safe zone, but in the past week alone, there have been more than three attacks on Rafah where people have had to stay inside their houses to avoid being shot by Israeli drones.
This has prompted people to go on social media and create a campaign to end the genocide happening in Rafah with the hashtag ‘ALL EYES ON RAFAH’
