The phrase ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ has gained momentum on social media
throughout the last few months, urging people to pay attention to
Israel‘s ongoing conflict in Gaza.
It’s once again picking up
traction online, following a deadly Israeli airstrike, which killed
dozens of civilians who were in a designated safe zone.
Horrifying
scenes on Sunday showed a blazing hellscape following airstrikes near
tents for displaced Palestinians with most of the victims being women,
children and the elderly, according to local health officials.
The
image, which is thought to be Artificial Intelligence (AI), depicts
hundreds of rows of tents, alongside the capitalised phrase.
Celebrities,
influencers, and athletes have also reposted the picture in an effort
to draw attention to the conflict, including the likes of Bella Hadid,
Nicola Coughlan, Dua Lipa, and Lewis Hamilton.
The phrase
seemingly originated from a comment by Rick Peeperkorn, who is the
director of the World Health Organisation’s Office of the Occupied
Palestinian Territories.
In February, before Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza, he said ‘All eyes are on Rafah’.
Since
then, the saying has become a call to action and a push to encourage
people not to turn their heads and instead to draw the world’s attention
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