Thomas White, UNRWA’s Gaza chief, says that the Israeli army is telling people to leave Eastern Khan Younis, calling it a “dangerous fighting zone”.
“They tell people to move to Rafah to receive assistance – but we are not able to provide for 100,000s of new IDPs [internally displaced people],” he said.
The UN agency that provides relief to Palestinian refugees has previously said that it could see half a million people being displaced to Rafah.
“Rafah normally has a population of 280,000 and already hosting around 470,000 IDPs will not cope with a doubling of its IDP population,” White said earlier.
Source: AlJazeera
