UNICEF / RAFAH DISPLACED CHILDREN

According to the United Nations Children's Fund, with the escalation of hostilities in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, hundreds of families and their children began to flee from their homes and shelters to places that might be safer. UNICEF

• Video Length: 00:03:07
• Production Date: 7 May 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: GAZA
• MAMS Id: 3205024
• Parent Id: 3205024
• Alternate Title: unifeed240507j

Description

STORY: UNICEF / RAFAH DISPLACED CHILDREN
TRT: 03:07
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 06 MAY 2024, RAFAH, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE

Shotlist

1. Various shots, families gathering their belongings before leaving a school used as a shelter
2. Various shots, families fleeing from areas in Rafah
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Lama, 7-year-old Palestinian:
“They call us constantly and order us to evacuate, and when they hang up the phone, they continue the bombing. The tanks are very close, and we do not know where to go. Every time we go to an area, it is targeted we don’t know where to go. We will go looking for a place to pitch our tent.”
4. Wide shot, families gathering their belongings
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad, 8-year-old Palestinian:
“This is the fourth time we have been displaced.”
6. Wide shot, families gathering their belongings
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad, 8-year-old Palestinian:
“Every time we move to another place.”
8. Med shot, children
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fathia, Palestinian:
“We don't know where to go. They told us to go to the Al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis. We really don’t know in which direction to go. This is the second time I have been displaced. I was in Deir Al-Balah and our house was bombed and my granddaughter was killed, we have no one to stay with in Deir Al Balah. I was then displaced to Rafah where my second daughter is, and now we are fleeing the area.”
10. Wide shot, families gathering their belongings

Storyline

According to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), with the escalation of hostilities in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, hundreds of families and their children began to flee from their homes and shelters to places that might be safer.

UNICEF staff continue to respond to the critical needs of children across the Gaza Strip, but access is becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous.