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Rafah: Past the point of no return (www.aljazeera.com)

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Israel’s mass slaughter in Rafah will not start with a ground invasion; it has already been taking place.

If we listen to world leaders, we could be lulled into believing that Rafah has been a place of safety. But this city, nestled in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, has been on the threshold of terror since Israel launched its genocidal assault on October 7. The daily toll of genocide and destruction has been devastating even without a ground invasion.

Since October, many families in Rafah have met the horrific fate of Ayman’s family. Israel’s slaughter from the air never subsided, even as it ordered more than a million people in the north of the Gaza Strip to evacuate south.

Instead of safety, Palestinians who fled south found death once again raining on them. In a recent weekend, dozens were killed, most of them children.

The need for an end to the genocide, accountability, and meaningful change has never been more pressing. It is imperative that good people everywhere keep the pressure so we can have a free Palestine and consign any perpetrators of genocide to the dustbin of history.

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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

My teacher Dr Akram Habeeb, an associate professor at the Islamic university in Gaza, which now lies in ruins after being targeted like all Gaza universities, by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), penned a prayer born of desperation:

When will we stop counting our death toll?
When will the church in Rome start to toll?
When will Mercy be in your hearts for our death knell?
When will you commence our true tale to tell?
When will the security council have its will?
When will the world put out Gaza’s hell?
When will the world stop seeing us as numbers on screens?
When will the criminals stop killing our children’s dreams?
When will justice wear its crown to declare our cause?
When will the war on Gaza end, or even just, to pause?

Just heartbreaking. Can't imagine how much despair they're feeling at this point, barely any movement in any of the international bodies that are supposed to protect them; meanwhile the US sends more bombs.