Rafah, Egypt - January 19, 2025 The trucks with humanitarian aid that were waiting to cross into the Gaza Strip from the Rafah border crossing in Egypt began to enter Palestinian territory. TRANSLATION: 1- STATEMENTS BY AHMED AL BABA: I TRIED TO ENTER THE AREA THAT THEY SAID WAS SAFE INSIDE RAFAH, WE GOT AS FAR AS AL AWDA MOSQUE, BEFORE DAWAR AL NIYMA WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE AREA, BUT WE FOUND THE OCCUPATION FORCES, WHO ATTACKED US REPEATEDLY. DOZENS OF WOUNDED FELL FROM BULLETS IN THEIR LEGS AND BELLIES... AND THE YOUNG MEN WERE TAKEN TO THE EMIRATI FIELD HOSPITAL IN RAFAH, WE WERE ALMOST 15 MINUTES TRAPPED IN THE PLACE UNTIL WE COULD GET OUT OF THE PLACE VERY FAST... WE WERE ALMOST 500 METERS AWAY FROM THEM (THE SOLDIERS), I SAW WITH MY OWN EYES THE ARMY AND THE TANK. 2- STATEMENTS BY ATIYA JALIL MOHAMED: I AM THE OWNER OF THIS HOUSE. MY HOUSE HAD FIVE FLOORS, AND BEHIND IT WERE BUILDINGS THAT INCLUDED POTATO REFRIGERATORS AND ONION WAREHOUSES. I HAD WORKERS, 12 WORKERS. WE WORKED AND DID NO HARM TO ANYONE. MY FEELING IS THAT I THANK ALLAH FOR OUR SALVATION, WHAT FEELING AM I TALKING ABOUT? PEOPLE RETURNED TO THEIR HOUSES AND FOUND THEM TURNED INTO PILES OF STONES. HERE IS MY HOUSE, IT WAS FIVE STORIES HIGH AND TURNED INTO A PILE OF SAND, HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL? AS FOR THE FUTURE, OUR HOPE IN ALLAH IS GREAT, THAT IS THE FIRST THING. THIS IS PALESTINE AND ITS VALUE IS HIGH, AND THE BILL WAS PAID BY ALL THE PEOPLE, AND I HAVE GIVEN 11 MARTYRS. WE HOPE THAT THE CEASEFIRE WILL HOLD BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED A LOT, I WENT TO AL MAUASI (A CAMP IN THE SOUTH OF THE GAZA STRIP, DECLARED A SAFE ZONE BY ISRAEL) AND SAW THE MISFORTUNES, AND PEOPLE WANT TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES, EVEN IF THEY FIND MINES, THEY WILL CROSS THEM TO REACH THEIR HOMES, EVEN IF THOSE HOMES NO LONGER EXIST, BUT PEOPLE WANT TO REST PSYCHOLOGICALLY. 3. STATEMENTS BY UNNAMED WOMAN: I AM SITTING ON (THE RUBBLE OF) MY HOUSE. THE HOUSE THAT HAD FIVE FLOORS. WE CAME FROM JAN YUNIS (...) TO SEE THE HOUSE AND WE FOUND IT AS YOU SEE IT, AND IT HAD FIVE FLOORS. THIS IS MY GRANDDAUGHTER, SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO SURVIVED OUT OF A TOTAL OF 15 PEOPLE. HER MOTHER, HER BROTHER AND THE WHOLE FAMILY WERE KILLED. SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO SURVIVED FROM THE DAHLIS FAMILY. [Restrictions: Spain, Latin America, or the U.S. Hispanic market]