A participant in the process of displacing Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, through a suspicious organization revealed to be linked to the occupation called "Al-Majd," disclosed details about the journey that landed in South Africa, causing widespread uproar.
One participant in the journey, who used the alias "Bashir" to conceal his true identity, stated that the trip from Gaza to South Africa was mysterious, dated October 28, last month.
He noted that he contacted the organization through an advertisement on Facebook, called a phone number included in the ad, and spoke with a young man named Muayad from the Nuseirat area in the middle of the Strip, who had traveled on one of the trips and is currently in Indonesia working with the organization.
He explained that the organization asked him for $1,400 per person to facilitate travel from Gaza to Indonesia, and he had to pay the required amount because life in Gaza was "very difficult."
He mentioned that he was living in the city of Rafah in the southern Strip before the start of the genocide war on October 8, 2023, and that he lost everything he owned during the war, including his home, furniture, and car, which forced him to flee his home.
He reported that after transferring the amount to another Palestinian account, he waited for readiness instructions, where he received a message one day at 10 a.m. asking him to head to Khan Younis city in southern Gaza.
Bashir clarified that all instructions were sent to him via "WhatsApp," where he later received instructions to arrive at a point near the International Committee of the Red Cross building in Gaza at 3 a.m. local time.
He noted that he saw buses waiting there, where he boarded bus number 2, and they headed to the Kerem Shalom crossing controlled by the occupation.
He added that there was no representative from the organization or the army at the crossing, saying: "It was not possible to see the army, but they monitor everything."
He indicated that the bus passengers underwent thorough inspections at the crossing, and they were not allowed to bring anything with them except their smartphones, medications, and valuable luggage.
He added: "They put a bracelet on each traveler's arm and repeatedly warned us not to remove it."
Bashir explained that they were then transported by bus to Ramon Airport in Eilat in occupied Palestine, where everyone raised their arms to show the bracelet according to instructions before heading to the airport hall.
He confirmed that the airport staff there passed their passports through the scanning devices without stamping them.
Bashir explained that he was informed upon leaving Gaza that the destination would be Indonesia, but he later discovered that the Palestinian Authority had stopped issuing travel visas to Indonesia, so they were redirected to South Africa without being informed.
He added that they first traveled from Ramon Airport to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, then took another flight to Johannesburg, entering South Africa without problems.
Bashir noted that the "Al-Majd" organization sent him via "WhatsApp" the information about the hotel where he would stay in Johannesburg for a week.
He pointed out that his daughter also traveled in the same way later through the organization, but for two thousand dollars, and was part of a trip that included 153 Palestinians, who faced many difficulties and were not allowed to enter immediately, waiting 15 hours on the plane upon arrival.
According to the organization's website, "Al-Majd" was established in 2010 in Germany, and launched its website in February 2025, with no activity on its social media accounts.
The organization's address appears in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem, but it does not have an office there, and the contact numbers on the website are inactive, with no official record of it in the occupying state or Germany.
According to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, the information published about the company is "incorrect."
According to trade records in Estonia, the founder of the "Al-Majd" organization is Tomer Janar Lind, who holds dual nationality (Israeli-Estonian), while British trade records show that Lind founded four companies in Britain over the last ten years, three of which he closed.
Haaretz contacted Lind via his phone number in London, where he did not deny his work in organizing the migration of Palestinians from Gaza, but refrained from commenting on the entity behind it.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa previously stated to reporters that the government is investigating the details of the journey of the Palestinians who were "placed in mysterious circumstances on
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A participant in an organized trip related to the occupation to displace the residents of Gaza reveals its details.