TEHRAN -- Iranians have joined the “All Eyes on Rafah” international campaign on the Instagram social media platform that has gotten more than 40 million shares by the time of our printing and is expanding by the hour.
The worldwide campaign was launched Tuesday amid the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gazan city of Rafah.
Iranian artists, political activists and ordinary people have joined it regardless of their political affiliations.
Some of the famous Iranian actors and filmmakers participating in the campaign include Kamal Tabrizi, Parviz Parastui, Payman Maadi, Tannaz Tabatabaei and Amir Jafari.
The campaign’s slogan is an adoption from the World Health Organization representative in Palestine Rik Peeperkorn’s “all eyes are on Rafah” comments days after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled his plan for the invasion of the city, where over half of the Gaza population had sought shelter.
Rafah is now facing a dire humanitarian crisis, widespread destruction and displacement due to the ongoing Israeli offensive.
The UN has warned that more than one million Palestinians have fled Rafah in three weeks and the remaining civilian population is in desperate need of food, water, shelter, and medical care.