‘All eyes on Rafah’, 33 million shares to stop the massacre in Gaza: where the chain started

The social chain to stop the massacre in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 33 million shares

BOLOGNA – It is a global appeal that has been forcefully bouncing back on social media since yesterday, from one part of the world to the other, to ask to stop the massacre in the Strip of Gazaand in particular in Rafah, where Israel’s offensive has intensified in the last few hours (with a raid that caused 45 victims among the displaced Palestinians) and from which terrible images have arrived (such as that of a child beheaded after a bombing). in particular. They are four simple words: “All eyes on Rafah”, “All eyes on Rafah“, reads the slogan chosen to appeal to consciences. It is an immediate and effective expression, which aims to ensure that all eyes are focused on that part of the world and on the tragedy of civilians who have been hit relentlessly for months. Do not lower your attention and continue to ask for a Ceasefire.

THE SLOGAN

The slogan is not entirely new, it was filmed in the ‘All eyes on Gaza’ version already in recent months, but in the last hours after the tragic events in Rafah an incredible chain of shares started of an image containing the slogan ‘All eyes on Rafah‘, also shared by important personalities. In total, the shares are currently 37.6 million, but they continue to increase minute by minute.

WHERE THE CHAIN OF SHARES STARTED FROM

The image – which represents a tent city seen from above recreated with artificial intelligence in the midst of which the writing ‘All eyes on Rafah’ stands out – is in fact designed to be shared in one’s stories thanks to the self-sharing function: you can do this by clicking on the phrase ‘It’s your turn‘. By clicking on it, sharing starts. And you can also find out who was the first to share it: the author is said to be a young man of Malaysian origin who has the pseudonym of Chaa (his name on Instagram is shahv4012, his profile is < a href="https://t.me/chaa">@chaa.my< /a>_) which in just a few hours has amassed 24 thousand followers. It is unclear whether he is a photographer or a digital creator.

Even in Italy, in the last few hours, the appeal has been shared by thousands of people. Among these also the rapper Fedez, who in recent weeks has already spoken about Gaza and the plight of the Palestinians during a meeting at the Turin Book Fair.

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