Social networks have become a platform on which Arab citizens – generally prevented from demonstrating their political opinions – have raised their slogans in defense of the Palestinian people under labels such as
On the X network (formerly Twitter), the ‘hashtag’
Many of the publications share images and videos, allegedly recorded in the Gaza Strip, showing shelling of roads and buildings, as well as people fleeing with few belongings, after Israel extended its ultimatum to 1.1 million Gazans will leave the north of the enclave before the imminent ground operation against Hamas.
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On Facebook, pages and groups of associations in defense of the Palestinian cause proliferate with slogans such as “Free Palestine”, “Pray for Palestine – Save Gaza” or Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
In them, numerous people share photographs of the marches that have taken place in recent days around the world, especially in Arab countries such as Iraq, Jordan, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Egypt, which yesterday hosted massive protests demanding the cessation of hostilities against the Strip and demanding the creation of the Palestinian State.
Instagram has also become a virtual space for vindication in support of Gazans, although countless photographs appear with a message of “sensitive content” for showing people injured or killed by Israeli attacks against the Strip.
The Israeli bombings on the enclave have left, so far, 2,215 dead and almost 8,714 injured, figures that in just one week of war are close to the 2,250 Palestinians who died in the 2014 conflict with Israel that lasted for two months.
Likewise, Tiktok, the most popular social network among young people, also brings together hundreds of short videos about the humanitarian emergency that Palestinians are experiencing in the Strip, as well as clips of activists demanding that the international community avoid “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza. .
