Details of the horrific massacre in Rafah; The number of martyrs reached more than 100 people

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the number of victims of the early morning attack of the Zionist regime on Rafah this Monday (February 12) has reached more than a hundred martyrs and dozens of injured. This confirms the concern of the United Nations and international and regional organizations about the Israeli military’s ground attack on this city full of Palestinian refugees who were forced to take refuge in this area from different regions of Gaza by the same military.

Sudden bloody attack

This morning’s sudden attack by the Zionist regime on Rafah, located in the southernmost region of the Gaza Strip and on the border with Egypt, silence Fragile shattered this city and caused panic among the Palestinian residents and refugees living in this city. They woke up to the sound of Israeli warplanes targeting the Al-Shabourah neighborhood located in the center and several areas in the east of the city. It was then that the sound of heavy gunfire was heard, which indicated a heavy conflict between the resistance forces and the Israeli soldiers who were planning to advance inside the city.

This was the first Israeli attack on Rafah after several weeks of repeated threats by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against this city. A city that currently hosts about 1.4 million people (half of the 2.2 million population of the Gaza Strip). The Palestinian refugees who were forced to seek refuge in Rafah by the Israeli military have set up tents all over the city, and some are living in the shelters and temporary shelters created in the city.

Displaced Concerns

Asad, a Palestinian refugee who sought refuge in Rafah from the north of the Gaza Strip more than a month ago , says: “Where do we want to go? In front of us is Khan Yunis, behind us is the sea. This is also the border of Egypt”. Like many other displaced persons, he lives in a plastic tent in one of the western streets of this city.

Another of these displaced persons is named Muhammad Abu Hattab, who came to this city two weeks ago from Khan Yunis. He says: “They asked us to evacuate Khan Yunis. We came to Rafah, but today they also attacked Rafah.” Okay, where do we go next?”.

He continued to talk about the horror that he and his family experienced after being forcibly displaced from Khan Yunis, as well as the bodies that were lying in the streets of the city and the operation of Israeli snipers against the residents of the city and The arrest of a number of citizens at military checkpoints in the west of this city indicates.

Quds al-Arabi newspaper published a report today and wrote that the residents of the Gaza Strip trust the promises of the leaders of the occupation regime and At the head of them is Netanyahu, who claimed to provide a “safe passage” for the residents before starting the operation against Rafah. Because they heard the same promises when they left Khan Yunis and northern Gaza, but in practice they saw how Israeli soldiers executed Palestinian refugees passing through the “safe corridors”.

According to this report, with a quick look at the map of the Gaza Strip, it can be seen that currently the occupation army has divided it into “blocks” and there is nothing left in the Gaza Strip. Except for a very narrow geographic area for all residents of Gaza, which includes the city of Rafah, some areas of al-Mawasi west of the city of Khan Yunis, and the city of Deir al-Balah in the center of the Gaza Strip. However, these areas are also exposed to bloody attacks by the occupying army and it is expected that dozens of people will be martyred in them every day.

Burial of victims and children

The residents of Rafah have started burying the bodies of the martyrs of Israel’s early morning attack this morning. Martyrs, among whom infants are also visible.

One ​​of these martyrs is a baby who died during the current war He was born in Gaza and died today on the 129th day of the war. The bodies of martyrs have reached the hospitals, which are completely decomposed and it is not possible to identify them.

According to informed medical sources in today’s morning attack on Rafah and destroying houses on the heads of its residents and destroying mosques, more than a hundred people were martyred.

The published pictures of the victims of this attack show the brutality and crime of the occupying regime more than ever. The hospital grounds are full of the bodies of the martyrs and the aid workers are unable to bring the wounded to the centers immediately. The hospital is complaining because of the extent of the destruction.

The director of Al Kuwait Hospital, Sohaib al-Hams, says that this hospital is full of injured people and the medicine they need is not available.
Hospital Abu Yusef al-Najjar also stated that the capacity of Rafah hospitals to provide services to the wounded is very limited. However, the Zionist regime announced that during this special operation in Rafah, it was able to free two of its prisoners.

Israeli special forces attack the heart of Rafah

The spokesman of the Zionist regime army today announced that in the joint operation of the army, the Shabak and the special police in Rafah, two Israeli hostages were released from Hamas, namely Fernando Simon Kerman, 60 years old, and Police Khair, 70 years old, who were captured on October 7.
According to the Israeli media, during this special operation, the Israeli forces attacked a building in the Shabbareh camp and after killing the three armed forces responsible for protecting these prisoners on the second floor, they released them. After that, the Air Force used to divert attention. The resistance forces bombarded Rafah so that these two captives could leave Rafah via a safe route. International

Many international organizations and Arab and regional countries are warning about any ground attack on Rafah. UNRWA Spokesperson Tamar Al-Rafai says that if the military operation starts in Rafah, we will see the same results and dire consequences that we have seen so far in other areas of Gaza. The killing of more people and their displacement. But we are in the south of the Gaza Strip and there is no place for people to move.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini says the humanitarian situation in Rafah is “increasingly desperate and any large-scale military operation among these residents will only lead to further tragedy.” .people don’t know where to go after this”.

Doctors Without Borders also announced that more than one million people in Rafah “are facing a severe escalation of tension, and many of them are living in tents and temporary shelters.” “There is no safe place in Gaza, and the repeated forced displacement has drawn people to Rafah, where they are trapped with no other option.”

Palestinian Authority leadership also announces that Netanyahu’s plan to escalate military tension in Rafah is aimed at displacing Palestinians from their land, and Israel and America are responsible. There are consequences, that’s why he asks the UN Security Council to fulfill its duty because this action of the occupiers is a threat to the security and peace of the region and the world, and it means crossing all red lines.

Hamas has also announced that the military attack on Rafah means stopping the negotiation process for the exchange of prisoners.

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