More than 1 million people have been forced to flee Rafah due to ongoing Israeli operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. A United Nations agency has shared its information.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said in a statement to Palestinian refugees on social media platform X that thousands of families are now taking shelter in damaged and destroyed UN agency centers in Khan Younis. .
The agency’s staff continued to provide basic services despite mounting challenges, the statement said. The UN has stressed the need for an immediate ceasefire.
It said that since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza, about 179 UNRWA centers have been affected. No place in Gaza is safe anymore.
Meanwhile, health officials in Gaza said in a statement on Monday that Israeli forces have killed 40 Palestinians, while wounding 150 others, during the past 24 hours.
The conflict in Gaza began on October 7 last year. Since then, 36,479 people have died, while 82,777 people have been injured.
