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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
UN claims Khan Younis evacuation order largest since October
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe United Nations says an evacuation order for parts of Khan Younis and Rafah is the largest such edict in the Gaza Strip since 1.1 million people were told to leave the north of the enclave in October.
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says Monday’s evacuation order applies to about a third of Gaza and initial estimates by the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, show that some 250,000 people may have been currently living in that area.
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Dujarric says “an evacuation of such a massive scale will only heighten the suffering of civilians and drive humanitarian needs even higher.”
“People are left with the impossible choice of having to relocate, some most likely for the second or third time, to areas that have barely any spaces or services, or staying in areas where they know heavy fighting will take place,” he says.
The Times of Israel Community.