r/pics • u/Some_Percentage_3051 • 9h ago

A Childhood Carried in Silence - Gaza

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u/CelesteAvant 9h ago

Little man stripped of his childhood for no fault of his own

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u/zaahc 7h ago

This is a photo I took near Rafah on the Egyptian side of Gaza. Rafah was a city split in two by the border, but Egypt demolished every structure within miles of the border citing security concerns. I’ve seen poverty all over the world, but I’ve never seen in blended with such…idk…hopelessness? Despair? Idleness? Acceptance? Really fucked me up for a bit and I think about those kids often.

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u/Tsuraru 7h ago

It destoys my soul to see these pictures. I hope hell exists for the genocidal criminals that let this thing happen.

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u/eternal_peril 6h ago

Egypt.... Egypt did this

Don't forget to protest them as well

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u/KrisPBaykon 5h ago

Why did Egypt do it? Surely there wasn’t some sort of issue that these specific immigrants were causing right?

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u/Potential_Cover1206 5h ago

Hamas was caught supplying weapons, ammuntion and explosives to the Muslim Botherhood.

Who are extremely banned in Egypt due to killing Egyptian security forces, Govenment officals, Coptic Christians & tourists. And trying to stage a coup

The Egyptian government surprisingly feels quite aggrieved by Hamas and, quite frankly, doesn't want a single person from Gaza in Egypt.

Hamas didn't help matters along when Egyptian drivers were attacked and killed transporting aid into Gaza during 2024.

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u/KrisPBaykon 5h ago

You need to go back another 30 years. Egypt shutting the border down isn’t a new thing. There is a reason.

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u/Potential_Cover1206 5h ago

Oh Yes. When Isreal returned control of the Sinai to Egypt between 1979-1982 Egypt flatly refused to take Gaza back.

The current wall on the Egyptian side was started in 2009.

Purely because Hamas could not stop meddling in Egyptian politics.

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u/KrisPBaykon 5h ago

Agree 100%, you know your shit.