Why ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ is trending as Israel ramps up offensive on Gaza city

“All Eyes on Rafah” – the phrase flooded social media on Tuesday as many people from across the world came out in support of Palestinians residing in Rafah city, located in war-torn Gaza.

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Israeli attack on Rafah camp housing displaced Palestinians draws global outrage

‘All eyes on Rafah’ is a phrase that refers to ongoing genocide in Gaza city

Most celebrities posted on social media in solidarity, following deadly Rafah attack

“All Eyes on Rafah” – the phrase flooded social media on Tuesday as many people from across the world came out in support of Palestinians residing in the southern Gaza city where Israel is conducting a massive ground operation.

Israeli shelling and airstrikes, over the weekend, killed at least 45 people, most of them sheltering in tents, in the southern Gaza City of Rafah. The strike, which Gaza medics said also left hundreds of civilians with shrapnel and burn wounds, was launched late on Sunday and drew condemnation from world leaders.

An image calling for people to pay attention to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza has drawn more than 29 million shares on Instagram in less than 24 hours, highlighting a renewed social media push by supporters of Palestinians following a deadly Israeli airstrike.

The image depicts tents in a camp arranged to spell out “All Eyes on Rafah,” an area in the south of Gaza filled with refugee tent camps where local officials said at least 45 civilians died after an Israeli strike on Sunday.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the country’s parliament in Hebrew that the casualties were a “tragic mishap”; his office presented clarifying comments in English that translated the phrase as “tragic incident.”