Watan-An elderly Palestinian sends a defiant message to the Israeli occupation after they destroyed his home during the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza. He rejects the idea of displacement and leaving his homeland.
In a video captured by Palestinian activists on social media, the elderly Palestinian said, “Yes, this is my home, where three of my children, two grown sons and a daughter, were martyred.”
“I won’t come out even if they want to kill me too.”
The Palestinian activist asks him, “What are you doing here?” The elderly Palestinian responds, “I’m fed up with this world. I have no home to live in, and our story is scattered. Where should I go? I’ll sit on the stones of my house; it’s better for me, even if the Jews want to kill me too.”
Continuing his statement, the elderly Palestinian asserts, “I won’t leave the house even if they want to kill me too. Insha’Allah, Palestine will prevail, and with the grace of Allah, Palestine will be ours. We will continue to fight until the last breath of the Palestinian people.”
Approximately 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced
The elderly man concludes, “This is all I can say, and thank you for conveying this message,” to which the Palestinian activist responds, “This is our duty, dear.”
Around 1.7 million Palestinians from the northern areas and Gaza City have been displaced, heading towards the southern part of Gaza, amid intense bombardment by the Israeli occupation on residential neighborhoods, homes, and schools where displaced people sought refuge, often without prior warning. They were notified and urged to evacuate by the occupation before moving south.
More than 15,000 Palestinians, predominantly civilians, have lost their lives during the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, with approximately 37,000 people sustaining various injuries as per the statistics released by the Gaza government’s media office.