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Israeli forces destroyed SOS Children’s Village in Rafah

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Israeli forces destroyed SOS Children’s Village in Rafah SOS Children’s Village said its staff visited its facility, which serves children without parental care, in the southern city of Rafah, only to discover it had been completely destroyed. “The former residential homes have been reduced to rubble,” said Reem Alreqeb, the acting director of SOS Children’s Villages in Rafah, who was among those on the site visit. “No one anticipated such a scale of destruction,” she said. “The children’s representative kept asking, ‘Where is my home? Where are my children’s memories?’… They had hoped to find even a small part of their memories and their children’s memories, but unfortunately, everything was completely erased.” SOS Children’s Village said it evacuated its facility in Rafah in May of last year when Israeli forces launched an offensive in the southern city. It said that although the village was recognised as a humanitarian centre, it was threatened with bombs that landed as close as 200 metres. “Had we not left, we probably would have all been killed. This is yet another tragic reminder that innocent children bear the highest cost of this brutal war,” said Alreqeb. The charity currently takes care of some 33 children who were found unaccompanied and separated from their parents. “We will need to rebuild the village from scratch. Unfortunately, it is likely that the children and staff who remain in Gaza will have to live in temporary shelters for a long time,” Alreqeb added.

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