“When you travel down the road from Khan Yunis to Rafah, you will see countless numbers of tents that are constructed by the people,” Al Satarri told EWTN anchorwoman Tracy Sabol.
He added: “Rafah is overcrowded by the people and some of the estimations say that there are around 1 million people who are already relocating to Rafah and who are already present in Rafah and struggling to secure their very basic needs.”
Al Satarri himself has had to relocate twice from his home and has “experienced the journey of trying to find food and water and secure the basic needs for the family.”
“It’s very difficult to say that people are coping,” he said.
Satarri explained that some are being forced to use “negative coping mechanisms.” He gave the example of those looking for gas to cook with and are instead cutting trees down, whether they are clean or dry, for the sake of securing a source of wood for fire to cook with.
In terms of the conflict escalating, Al Satarri believes it is “inevitable.” The killing of a senior Hamas leader in Beirut by a suspected Israeli air strike, followed by more than 85 people killed in Tehran at a ceremony marking the four-year anniversary of Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s assassination, are the latest indications of a widening conflict.
