Rafah Bleeds Twice... Once from Hunger, and Once from Bullets

That morning, Rafah was not seeking conflict—it was seeking a morsel to keep life going.

Hundreds of civilians stood in a long line under the scorching sun, waiting for a humanitarian aid truck, amid destruction that had already exhausted the city and its people.

Suddenly, without warning, Israeli forces opened fire on the crowd.

In minutes, the scene turned into a horrific massacre: 30 martyrs and more than 120 wounded, most of them elderly and young men who carried nothing but aid distribution cards and empty bags.

The bullets did not distinguish between those looking for bread and those in search of water—everyone became a target.

This was not an isolated incident, but a continuation of a systematic policy that targets everything humane in Gaza, even the lines for aid. As if hunger wasn’t enough, blood had to be spilled too.

In Rafah, people die trying to live.

What happened was not a mistake—it was deliberate killing under the watchful eyes of a silent world. A massacre that exposes how humanity can be assassinated twice: once by hunger, and once by bullets.