UNRWA Halts Services, Closes Shelters in Rafah as Displacement Grows

Hundreds of thousands have been displaced again, and the number of children in Gaza who have died of starvation has reached at least 30

UNRWA has closed all its shelters for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, as hundreds of thousands have now fled the ongoing Israeli assault on the southern Gaza border town.

Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN agency responsible for providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza, confirmed that all shelters in Rafah are now empty.

"More than 1 million people - most displaced several times - forced to flee once again, in search of safety that they never find. All of our 36 UNRWA shelters in Rafah are empty now. This is where people seek shelter and should be protected at all times under the UN flag," Lazzarini said in a post on X.

"UNRWA had to stop health and other critical services in Rafah," he added.

"We are now working from Khan Yunis + the middle areas where 1.7 million people are living," the UNRWA Commissioner-General said. "In Khan Yunis, we restarted operations despite damage to all our facilities."

After seven months of war, Israeli forces have systematically moved from north to south, destroying large swathes of cities, refugee camps, and agricultural land in Gaza.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have now fled multiple times to escape each new stage of the Israeli assault.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

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