Asitikali ankhondo aku Israeli adachoka pakati pa Rafah, ngakhale mwachizolowezi ma Israeli amakhalabe kumalire omwe adapanga. Khoma lomwe ma Israeli akumanga ndi makina okhala ndi zida amangophimbidwa ndi ma sniper ambiri. Asitikali aku Israeli amakhalabe tsiku lililonse kuti aziwombera ndi kulowa mnyumba m'nyumba zilizonse zaposachedwa "kumalire". Mzere umasintha pamene Israeli akugwetsa nyumba zambiri, kutembenuza chomwe chinali pakati pa mzindawo kukhala malire.
A Israeli adapha anthu khumi aku Palestine ku Rafah dzulo. Anthu 40 aku Palestine ali mchipatala. Chiwerengero cha nyumba zogwetsedwa sichidziwikabe popeza akasinja ndi ma bulldozer a Israeli angochoka ku Camp ya Yibna komwe adaukira koopsa dzulo. Ogwira ntchito zachipatala ndi ofufuza ku Palestine ayamba kukumba zing'onozing'ono kufunafuna matupi, popeza anthu angapo akuti ali ndi mantha kuti pali banja lomwe lidakali mkati mwa nyumba imodzi yomwe yagwetsedwa.
Asilikali olanda anthu aku Israeli sanangowononga nyumba za anthu ambiri, koma adagwetsanso Chipatala cha UNWRA (United Nations Relief Works Agency) . A Israeli akupitilizabe kutsata United Nations mosatsutsidwa.
Bungwe la UNRWA lati akufunika maola 20 kuti awerenge nyumba zomwe zagwetsedwa chifukwa chiwerengerocho ndi chachikulu. Asilikali aku Israeli akuwombera anthu omwe akufuna kutenga mipando yawo m'nyumba zawo zomwe zidagumulidwa.
Asitikali aku Israeli nthawi zonse amayang'ana zida zaku Palestine, monga njira zachimbudzi. Komanso nthawi zonse amadula magetsi ndi kuwononga matelefoni, monga anachitira dzulo.
Kumayambiriro kwa mmawa uno ku Rafah, pamene anthu zikwizikwi adatuluka m'misewu ndikupita kumadera okhudzidwa kwambiri, mnyamata wina adadutsa ambulansi ya UN yomwe inawonongeka. Nsapato zake zinakakamira pansi mosefukira ndi mvula yochepa. Iye anati, “Zoona, ndimadana nazo zikakhala chonchi.”
Potengera zoulutsira nkhani zapadziko lonse lapansi, Manger Square ikudzaza Akhristu aku Palestine ndi atolankhani kuti ayimbe potsegulira zikondwerero za Khrisimasi ku Betelehemu. Polemekezedwa ndi akhristu ngati malo obadwira Yesu, Mpingo wa Nativity ukanakhala malo abwino kwambiri ngati sikunali kukhala kwa Israeli. Koma chaka chino n’chosiyana kwambiri ndi chimene chapita ku Betelehemu. Mvula mu 2002, tsiku lina kuchokera ku Israeli adayimitsa nthawi yofikira kunyumba, akasinja ndi ma jeep osayang'ana makamera, ziwonetsero zotsutsana ndi kulanda zidapitilira tsiku lonse. Chaka chino, ana akuimba ng'oma m'magulu oguba ndipo anyamata amapita kutsogolo kwa malo amtendere akusewera mapaipi amatumba.
Mtolankhani wakumaloko Nassar Laham watenga siteji ku Manger Square. “Lero tili m’chigwirizano ndi anthu aku Rafah. Tisaiwale zimene abale ndi alongo akukumana nazo.”
Boma la Israeli likuletsabe Purezidenti Arafat kupita ku miyambo mumzinda wa Palestine wa Bethlehem pomutsekera ku mzinda wa Ramallah ku Palestine. Amuna a 26 a Palestina adathamangitsidwa ku Gaza atayesa kuteteza Betelehemu ndi Mpingo kuchokera ku nkhondo ya Israeli mu April 2002, akukhalabe ku ukapolo mpaka lero.
Mayina a anthu omwe asilikali a Israeli adaphedwa dzulo ku Rafah ndi: Khalil Kasas, Ali Hussein Najar, Ahmed Najar, Iad Ibrahim Najar, Khamis Anwar Ra‚ai, Wiam Musa, Ala Baloul, Ala Al Haj Ahmed, Mohammad Mustafa, ndi Asad. Alati. Mayinawo adabwera modzidzimutsa dzulo, ngati kuti Aisrayeli anapha anthu ochepa pa nthawi, kuyembekezera ola limodzi, ndikuyambanso kupha.
Kristen Ess, mtolankhani wodziyimira pawokha komanso womenyera ufulu wochokera ku New York City, amakhala ndi mabanja aku Palestine atagwidwa ku West Bank ndi Gaza Strip. Amapereka lipoti ku Free Speech Radio News, netiweki ya Pacifica, ndipo amapanga chiwonetsero chamlungu ndi mlungu ku CKUT ku Montreal. Amalembera magazini ya Left Turn, The Electronic Intifada, ndi The Palestine Chronicle. Zolemba zake zimamasuliridwa m'Chifalansa, Chitaliyana, Chijeremani ndi Chiarabu. Iye akugwira ntchito pa bukhu lonena za moyo pansi pa ntchito ku Gaza Strip
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