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UNRWA says around 1 million people have fled Rafah in past 3 weeks

Rafah has been sheltering more than a million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults on other parts of the enclave, and many have complained they are vulnerable to Israeli attacks wherever they go. (AFP)
Rafah has been sheltering more than a million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults on other parts of the enclave, and many have complained they are vulnerable to Israeli attacks wherever they go. (AFP)
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28 May 2024 04:05:35 GMT9
28 May 2024 04:05:35 GMT9
  • Many Palestinians have complained they are vulnerable to Israeli attacks wherever they go

DUBAI: Around one million people have fled the Gazan city of Rafah in the past three weeks, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Tuesday.

The small city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip had been sheltering more than a million Palestinians who fled Israeli assaults on other parts of the enclave.

Since early May, Israel’s military has been carrying out what it says is a limited operation in Rafah to kill fighters and dismantle infrastructure used by Hamas, which runs Gaza. It has told civilians to go to an “expanded humanitarian zone” some 20 kilometers away.

Many Palestinians have complained they are vulnerable to Israeli attacks wherever they go and have been moving up and down the Gaza Strip in the past few months.

UNRWA said the flight from Rafah “happened with nowhere safe to go and amidst bombardments, lack of food and water, piles of waste and unsuitable living conditions.”

Providing assistance and protection is becoming nearly “impossible,” the agency said.

Reuters

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