Displaced Palestinians leave Rafah camp following Israeli attacks nearby

(19 Jun 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rafah, Gaza Strip - 19 June 2024
1. Various of displaced people dismantling tents and collecting their belongings
2. Various of wreckage of shelter destroyed by fire caused by Israeli bombing
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima Ibrahem, woman displaced from Rafah:
"We heard the missile strike, and we all came out of the tents and found the fire burning in his bed and his son’s bed. Even the iron caught fire, the pots, everything, and the flour, there was nothing left, everything was burned."
4. Ibrahem inspecting aftermath of destruction
5. Various of Ibrahem holding child's clothing with traces of blood and holes created by shrapnel
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Abu Hasera, man displaced from Gaza city:
"We were sleeping at one o'clock at night, when suddenly we heard the sound of screaming. We went out running, carried the children and went out running, and we found a fire burning in front of us, a big fire, and there was shooting. We are staying on the land near them, and people started screaming and running in the street."
7. Various of Abu Hasera showing blood on mattresses and pillows
8. Various of torn flour bags
9. Various of men dismantling tents
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Qudeh, man displaced from east of Khan Younis:
"How long will this war last? How long will the displacement last? This is our seventh displacement so far. We have been displaced since October 7. We are from the eastern of Khan Younis. Since the first day we were displaced, to Khan Younis, then al-Mawasi, then Rafah, then we returned again to Khan Younis, and now we will return to the eastern area, and we will die there and will not leave. It is our area and we will settle in it, because this is not a life. What happened here tonight is a disaster, shooting towards the tents, next to children, and shrapnel, four women injured and martyrs."
11. Various of displaced people dismantling tents and collecting their belongings to leave
12. Various of women and children sitting on the ground near tent
13. People carrying their belongings and leaving
STORYLINE:
Palestinians in southern Gaza fled from northern Rafah after Israeli tanks and helicopters fired at a warehouse building belonging to the Ministry of Development, causing a fire in the tents nearby.

According to witnesses, the attack took place overnight on Tuesday and set tents next to the warehouse ablaze.

Palestinian media later reported that five were killed.

“We were sleeping at one o'clock at night, when suddenly we heard the sound of screaming. We went out running, carried the children and went out running, and we found a fire burning in front of us, a big fire,” said Mohammad Abu Hasera, originally from Gaza City.

More than 37,300 Palestinian have been killed and more than 85,500 have been wounded by Israeli attacks in the Strip, according to the Gaza’s Health Ministry.

At least 24 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

The war erupted on October 7 when Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1, 200 people and taking around 250 others hostage.

AP video by Mohammad Jahjouh
Production by Wafaa Shurafa

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