More than 100,000 people have fled Gaza's Rafah: UN
- About 110,000 people have fled Rafah in southern Gaza, with critical shortages of food and fuel reported by a U.N. official.
- All crossings into southern Gaza are closed, hindering supplies, medical evacuations, and humanitarian staff movement, according to Georgios Petropoulos from the U.N.
- The World Food Program faces running out of food in southern Gaza by Saturday unless more aid is received, U.N. officials caution.
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La ONU estim� que 110 mil personas han huido de Rafah desde que Israel orden� a la gente abandonar partes de ciudad e intensific� ataques.
More and more Palestinians are fleeing from the Israeli army in Rafah - aid workers report dramatic conditions: Hospitals must close, roads out of the city are congested. Israel is reporting military successes in the meantime.
Montreal Gazette
Toronto SunHeavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused more than 100,000 people to flee north, a United Nations official said Friday.
Some 110,000 people have fled Rafah in southern Gaza since Monday, since Israel stepped up military operations in the city, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) estimated today. Rafa is estimated to be home to 1.4 million internally displaced persons, according to the UN.
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