STORY: Visiting Rafah, the last hope for Gazans to escape war
SHOOTING TIME: March 30, 2024
DATELINE: April 1, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:54
LOCATION: RAFAH, Palestine
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of streets of Rafah in the Gaza Strip
2. STANDUP (English): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAMIHA, Palestinian resident
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANI AL-SHAER, Palestinian resident
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOHAMMED, Palestinian resident


STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter
"Between life and death, more than two million Palestinian people in the isolated enclave are reeling in the Gaza Strip amid the continuing war between the Hamas movement and the Israeli army for the sixth month in a row, amid the absence of any signs of reaching a humanitarian ceasefire between Hamas and Israel shortly. Now we are standing in front of a home, a residential house that was bombed by Israeli warplanes that attacked over the heads of its residents, killing a number of them and wounding others.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAMIHA, Palestinian resident
"We have not seen such war in our life. We lost our hope and power. I lost my husband and sons in this war, they are no longer with me"

SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANI AL-SHAER, Palestinian resident
"Unfortunately, the situation is very difficult in Gaza during Ramadan because of the war. I hope that we can live normally soon once the war ends in Gaza and the people return to their houses."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOHAMMED, Palestinian resident
"The life is very difficult here and the people do not have money to buy what they need. In addition, they do not have any income sources."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Rafah, Palestine.
(XHTV)