“With cautious joy,” the Moroccans of the Gaza Strip are awaiting the recurring news about an imminent agreement between the Hebrew state and the armed Palestinian factions in the besieged area, as feelings of joy crowd in the hearts of them that the end point of 15 months of “struggle to survive from missiles, hunger, and thirst” is approaching, with fear of raids. Israeli aircraft, which they say intensified their frequency during “these difficult hours in order to raise the bill of blood.”
After more than a year, leaving a heavy human toll that exceeded 40,000 dead, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the United States of America, through its president-elect, Donald Trump, did not rule out signing an agreement to end the Israeli war on the Strip, by the end of this week, while On Tuesday, it was expected that a “decisive round” of negotiations would be held to finalize the agreement, according to Agence France-Presse.
Members of the Moroccan community in Gaza, some of whom are still trapped under the fire of war in the Strip, and others who were able to leave the besieged Palestinian areas, but their relatives were not so lucky, do not hide the “deep joy” with which they are overwhelmed by the continuous news about the imminent truce. However, “the similar optimistic news that accompanied previous rounds of negotiations, without ending with an agreement, prompts us to be patient and not completely explode happiness until we see the ceasefire take effect.”
In addition, those who were contacted by Hespress affirmed “full confidence in Morocco’s expected important role in the reconstruction of Gaza in general, and the homes of Palestinian Moroccans there in particular, in a feeling that relies on the Kingdom’s initiative to send humanitarian aid during this war, and its previous contributions to rehabilitating the infrastructure in the Strip.” “.
From the northern Gaza Strip, Yasser Al-Yaqoubi, a Moroccan doctor, confirmed, “All Palestinians in the besieged Palestinian area are impatiently waiting for the expected truce to enter into force, and the conclusion of an honorable exchange deal with a complete end to this barbaric war waged by Israel,” stating that “the accelerating news about… The upcoming signing of the beautiful and joyful shooting agreement; But what will be most pleasing is its translation into reality.”
Al-Yaqoubi insisted, in his communication with Hespress, that “what is most important for the Moroccans of Gaza, as well as for all Gazans at the present time, is to immediately stop the bloodbath and genocide that they have been subjected to for about a year and a half, and which kills martyrs every minute,” adding that they are “weary of fighting all the time.” A day to escape from Israel’s missiles, and from hunger and thirst by taking rugged roads to secure a morsel of bread, drinking water, bathing, and washing. “scarce existence.”
This Moroccan citizen recalled that his house in northern Gaza was “bombed with a missile weighing half a ton, which led to its complete destruction,” even though he and his family members were “unarmed civilians who did not have any weapons or anything like that, in an incident added to the record of genocide crimes to which the Palestinians were subjected.” In this war, they hope that the deal will put an end to it,” he said.
The same doctor, an official in the Ministry of Health in Gaza, reported that hospitals, in turn, were “eager” for a truce; Especially “after the pace of its destruction escalated, and medical personnel there began to complain about the inability to dispose of medical waste, which is a source of epidemics and infectious diseases.”
Al-Yacoubi expects “King Mohammed VI to kindly give his instructions for Morocco’s involvement in rebuilding the destroyed homes in Gaza in general, and those belonging to Moroccan citizens in particular,” highlighting “confidence in this matter happening, since Morocco has a long history in rehabilitating the Gaza Strip for more than more than Three decades; This is evidenced by the construction of Gaza Airport, the Hassan II Building at Al-Azhar University, etc.
Muhammad Al-Maqousi, one of the holders of Moroccan citizenship who was able to return to Morocco, after spending “months under the fire of devastating war,” is filled with “pride mixed with great happiness at the imminent signing of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza,” according to what he revealed to Hespress, adding that “the hours What precedes the hoped-for event is very difficult for the Gazans stuck in the Strip, as well as for the Moroccan families whose relatives are still there.”
“The source of concern” during these hours, according to the same Moroccan citizen, “arising from Israel’s escalation of the frequency of its raids targeting civilians in the past few hours, with the aim of causing the largest possible number of victims and raising the bill of Gazan blood,” in his words.
Al-Maqousi explained that despite the war turning the family’s home in Gaza City into rubble, “the longing is high to visit it and return to the Gaza Strip in order to see family and loved ones,” deploring “the prolonged psychological and physical alienation experienced by those who were forced to flee their homes, or seek refuge in other countries, and the difficulty of their return to life.” natural; “It may take many years.”
Our speaker, Al-Yaqoubi, shared “confidence that Morocco will spare no effort in accelerating the reconstruction process. In the recent past, King Mohammed VI sent medical and food aid to the Gaza Strip twice during this war, and in the relatively distant past he and his father had built vital facilities in the Strip, most notably Airport and hospitals.”
